Nitish Kumar Stakes Claim To Form Next Bihar Government, Oath Ceremony Tomorrow
Nitish Kumar met Bihar Governor Arif Mohd Khan Wednesday afternoon to stake claim to form the next government in the state, following an emphatic win in last week's election. The Janata Dal United leader - whose party won an impressive 85 seats, 42 more than it managed in the 2015 election - will be sworn in, again, as the Chief Minister at 1.30 pm Thursday.
22 ministers are expected to take their oaths with Nitish Kumar in what will certainly be a grand event headlined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar sharing screen time - a statement of strength to critics of the BJP-JDU relationship.
