Nitish Kumar Swearing In Ceremony

Leaders of several like-minded opposition parties are likely to attend the swearing in ceremony of Karnataka chief minister-designate Siddaramaiah and deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday in Bengaluru.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, who boycotted Nitish Kumar's Monday evening swearing in ceremony, did join the LJP's Chirag Paswan in congratulating the JDU chief after he was confirmed as Chief Minister of Bihar for an unprecedented sixth time

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has decided not attend the oath-taking ceremony of Bihar Chief Minister-designate Nitish Kumar of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) scheduled to be held in Patna today.

Nitish Kumar has turned down an offer to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, his party has confirmed just ahead of the oath-taking ceremony today.

Vijay Rupani, 61, took oath as Gujarat Chief Minister this morning, in a ceremony that doubled as a massive show of strength by the BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended, as did party chief Amit Shah and 18 BJP chief ministers. Key ally Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar was also there along with his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi.

Mamata Banerjee was sworn in on Friday as West Bengal's chief minister for a second term, in the biggest oath ceremony Bengal has seen. Cheering from front row seats were political heavyweights like Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Social activist Anna Hazare today expressed his disappointment on the warm embrace his former protege and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad shared on stage on the sidelines of the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's oath ceremony in Patna on Friday.

On the sidelines on Nitish Kumar's oath ceremony at Patna's sprawling Gandhi Maidan, Lalu Yadav's warm hug for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal caught attention.

Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar will take oath today as Bihar's Chief Minister for the fifth time. The swearing in ceremony will take place at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

An array of personalities, mostly from the non-BJP block, that could indicate possible future political alignments, will be present at the swearing in ceremony of Nitish Kumar, who is set to take over as Chief Minister for the third straight term tomorrow.

BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha today said he received an invitation from Nitish Kumar for his oath-taking ceremony tomorrow but would not be able to attend the function due to "important personal engagements."

The third oath ceremony of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar -- a political arch-rival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- is providing ample opportunities to the anti-BJP brigade to congregate. The exception will be BJP ally Shiv Sena, which, however, is known for being at odds with the BJP.

The oath-taking ceremony of Nitish Kumar as Bihar Chief Minister on November 20 is all set to be a mega event with the Janata Dal (United) or the JD(U) keen on displaying larger unity of political forces as the grand alliance gears up to take on the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the national level.

The Bihar government is expected to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior union ministers like Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley for the event.

A day after his huge win in Bihar, Nitish Kumar on Monday called up Mamata Banerjee to thank her for her support, but the West Bengal chief minister is not sure if she can go for the swearing-in ceremony of Bihar's new chief minister.

Leaders of several like-minded opposition parties are likely to attend the swearing in ceremony of Karnataka chief minister-designate Siddaramaiah and deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday in Bengaluru.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, who boycotted Nitish Kumar's Monday evening swearing in ceremony, did join the LJP's Chirag Paswan in congratulating the JDU chief after he was confirmed as Chief Minister of Bihar for an unprecedented sixth time

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has decided not attend the oath-taking ceremony of Bihar Chief Minister-designate Nitish Kumar of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) scheduled to be held in Patna today.

Nitish Kumar has turned down an offer to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, his party has confirmed just ahead of the oath-taking ceremony today.

Vijay Rupani, 61, took oath as Gujarat Chief Minister this morning, in a ceremony that doubled as a massive show of strength by the BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended, as did party chief Amit Shah and 18 BJP chief ministers. Key ally Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar was also there along with his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi.

Mamata Banerjee was sworn in on Friday as West Bengal's chief minister for a second term, in the biggest oath ceremony Bengal has seen. Cheering from front row seats were political heavyweights like Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Social activist Anna Hazare today expressed his disappointment on the warm embrace his former protege and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad shared on stage on the sidelines of the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's oath ceremony in Patna on Friday.

On the sidelines on Nitish Kumar's oath ceremony at Patna's sprawling Gandhi Maidan, Lalu Yadav's warm hug for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal caught attention.

Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar will take oath today as Bihar's Chief Minister for the fifth time. The swearing in ceremony will take place at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

An array of personalities, mostly from the non-BJP block, that could indicate possible future political alignments, will be present at the swearing in ceremony of Nitish Kumar, who is set to take over as Chief Minister for the third straight term tomorrow.

BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha today said he received an invitation from Nitish Kumar for his oath-taking ceremony tomorrow but would not be able to attend the function due to "important personal engagements."

The third oath ceremony of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar -- a political arch-rival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- is providing ample opportunities to the anti-BJP brigade to congregate. The exception will be BJP ally Shiv Sena, which, however, is known for being at odds with the BJP.

The oath-taking ceremony of Nitish Kumar as Bihar Chief Minister on November 20 is all set to be a mega event with the Janata Dal (United) or the JD(U) keen on displaying larger unity of political forces as the grand alliance gears up to take on the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the national level.

The Bihar government is expected to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior union ministers like Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley for the event.

A day after his huge win in Bihar, Nitish Kumar on Monday called up Mamata Banerjee to thank her for her support, but the West Bengal chief minister is not sure if she can go for the swearing-in ceremony of Bihar's new chief minister.