Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to attend Kovind's swearing-in
July 21, 2017  09:36
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When Ram Nath Kovind takes his oath as the 14th President of India, the VVIP attendees will include Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. 
Sources said that when the chief minister called the President-elect on Thursday to congratulate him, he was invited to the ceremony on July 25 and confirmed he will be there.

The invite will inject new tension to the relationship between Nitish Kumar and his allies, Bihar leader Lalu Yadav and the Congress party. 

The Bihar CM broke rank with the Opposition last month when he announced he would support Ram Nath Kovind, who was the government's candidate. He said the Congress had mismanaged the task of shortlisting the opposition's candidate, and, in any case, he approved of Ram Nath Kovind's credentials. 

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