Nitish Kumar to be sworn in as Chief Minister for the 7th time in Bihar
Facing the anti-incumbency wave and the opposition's tough challenge in Bihar, the Nitish Kumar-led NDA achieved a magic majority in Bihar. Nitish will be sworn in as the Chief Minister for the 7th time.
Patna: Facing the anti-incumbency wave and the opposition's tough challenge in Bihar, the Nitish Kumar-led NDA achieved a magic majority in Bihar. Nitish will be sworn in as the Chief Minister for the 7th time.
Nitish was sworn in as the Chief Minister for the first time in 2000. He became chief minister in 2005, with the RJD. Nitish became the Chief Minister for the third time in 2010. On 22 February 2015, he became the Chief Minister for the fourth time. Nitish ruled Bihar for a decade with the BJP.
Nitish Kumar was sworn in with the RJD for the 5th time on November 20, 2015. Two years later, he rejoined the BJP, and on 27 July 2017, he was sworn in as the Chief Minister for the sixth time.
Nitish may have become a chief minister by a majority in 2005, but he was sworn in as a chief minister in 2000. However, after a while, his government fell.
According to the state election office, the BJP has won 74 seats after the counting, JD(U) has 43 seats, HAM and VIP have won 4-4 seats each. Thus, the NDA has crossed the magic figure required to form a government in the 243-member Assembly by winning 125 seats.
The JDU has lost 28 seats in this assembly election. In the last election, it had 71 seats. BJP has bagged 21 seats, VIP-4 seats, and HAM-4 seats. At the same time, the Grand Alliance led by Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, who appeared to form the government in the early morning counting of votes, had to be satisfied with 110 seats.
However, the only thing left for the Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD), the main constituent of the Mahagathbandhan, is that it has emerged as the largest party with 75 seats. Despite this, he won 80 seats in the last assembly in 2015. The Other Component of the Mahagathbandhan, the Congress, has reduced by eight seats this time compared to the previous elections and had to settle on only 19 seats.
The Left parties who joined the Mahagathbandhan also benefited greatly. The Communist Party of India, Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML), succeeded in increasing its seat count to 11 from the previous elections. At the same time, in the last elections, the Communist Party of India (CPI) 2 seats and the Marxist Communist Party (CPI) won 3 seats in the assembly elections.
Similarly, the All India Majlis a Itehadul Musaslimin (AIMIM) won 5 seats, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), and the other parties 1 seat each.
