Nitish Kumar to swear-in as Bihar CM at 10 am today; Tejawsi Yadav cries foul

Patna: In less than 24 hours of resigning, Nitish Kumar has once again sworn-in as the post of Bihar Chief Minister on Thursday morning. 

This is the sixth time that Janata Dal (United) leader was be sworn-in as the Bihar chief minister.

Yesterday, Kumar ended his party's 20-month-long coalition with the RJD and Congress, and to form a new alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP.

Late last night, Kumar met Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi with NDA leaders, staking a claim to form a new government with support of 132 MLAs belonging to JD (U), BJP, LJP, RLSP, HAM and two independents.

"We gave letters of support of 132 MLAs," Kumar told reporters.

Senior BJP leader Sushil Modi, who announced his party's decision to support Kumar, requested that the trust vote should take place at the earliest.

Meanwhile, Rashtriya Janata Dal or RJD will also put forward stakes to form government.

Lalu Yadav's son, Tejashwi Yadav, tweeted: "Governor gave us time of 11 a.m. and now suddenly has asked NDA for oath ceremony at 10 a.m. Why so much hurry & rush Mr. Honest & Moral?".

"Why is the Governor changing his decision in the night. The swearing is taking place at 10 a.m. instead of 5 p.m. We are going to Raj Bhavan. We are going to Governor house to stage the dharna if not called for being the single largest party.

"A Governor should act as custodian of constitution, not as Centre`s stooge. He can`t ignore single largest party and largest pre-poll alliance," Tejashwi said.

Kumar ended the alliance with RJD, tendering resignation claiming he can't work in the "current circumstances" following corruption charges against Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav -- son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad. 

With Agency Inputs