Shah, Nadda to attend Nitish's oath ceremony

November 16, 2020 11:12

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda will attend the oath-taking ceremony of Janata Dal-United chief and Bihar Chief Minister-designate Nitish Kumar in Patna on Monday, party's top source confirmed.

Kumar will take oath as the CM of Bihar for the fourth straight term this afternoon after closely-fought legislative assembly elections in the state.

Kumar, after meeting Governor Phagu Chauhan to stake claim to form NDA government in Bihar, had on Sunday announced that the oath-taking, as well as the swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet, will be held around 4.30 pm on Monday.

The leaders of the NDA legislature party, which had secured a victory in the recently-concluded election in Bihar, had on Sunday met to deliberate on selecting a leader to lead the party. It had named Kumar as the leader of the NDA legislature party thus paving the way for his return as chief minister for the fourth consecutive term.

BJP's Tarkishore Prasad, the MLA from Bihar's Katihar, will replace Sushil Modi as his deputy.

-- ANI

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