'No question of going anywhere': Nitish Kumar after taking oath as Bihar CM

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• 28 Jan 2024, 06:08 PM

  On RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's statement that "JDU will be finished in 2024", Bihar CM Nitish Kumar says, "Tejashwi was not doing anything. Now I am back where I was before (in NDA) and now there is no question of going anywhere."

  WATCH  On RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's statement that "JDU will be finished in 2024", Bihar CM Nitish Kumar says, "We work for the development and progress of Bihar. We will keep doing the same, nothing else. Tejashwi was not doing anything. Now I am back where I was before (in… pic.twitter.com/P5XyrZmhfA

  — ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2024

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 05:42 PM

  PM Modi congratulates Nitish Kumar, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha on taking oath as CM, Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar

  बिहार में बनी एनडीए सरकार राज्य के विकास और यहां के लोगों की आकांक्षाओं को पूरा करने के लिए कोई कोर-कसर नहीं छोड़ेगी। @NitishKumar जी को मुख्यमंत्री और सम्राट चौधरी जी एवं विजय सिन्हा जी को उप मुख्यमंत्री पद की शपथ लेने पर मेरी बहुत-बहुत बधाई।
  
  मुझे विश्वास है कि यह टीम पूरे…

  — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 28, 2024

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 05:32 PM

  8 leaders took oath as cabinet ministers in the new government led by Nitish Kumar

  Three from BJP – Samrat Choudhary, Vijay Kumar Sinha, Prem Kumar.

  Three from JDU – Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Shrawon Kumar

  Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) President Santosh Kumar Suman

  Independent MLA Sumit Kumar Singh

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 05:23 PM

  JD(U)'s Vijendra Yadav, Shrawan Kumar and BJP's Prem Kumar take oath as ministers in the Nitish Kumar-led govt.

  WATCH  Bihar: BJP's Dr Prem Kumar takes oath as a minister in the new Nitish Kumar-led government pic.twitter.com/syIkSnKaIf

  — ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2024

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 05:17 PM

  JDU's Bijendra Prasad Yadav takes oath as a minister in the new Nitish Kumar-led government

  WATCH  Bihar: JDU's Bijendra Prasad Yadav takes oath as a minister in the new Nitish Kumar-led government pic.twitter.com/so1qhgVhvM

  — ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2024

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 05:16 PM

  Bihar: BJP leader Vijay Sinha takes oath as a cabinet minister

  WATCH | Bihar: BJP leader Vijay Sinha takes oath as a cabinet minister. pic.twitter.com/Dkk9wXQHNR

  — ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2024

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 05:09 PM

  BJP's Samrat Choudhary takes oath as a Cabinet Minister

  BJP's Samrat Choudhary takes oath as the minister of Bihar pic.twitter.com/16kroyxo2g

  — ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2024

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 05:00 PM

  Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM for the 9th time after he along with his party joined the BJP-led NDA bloc.

  Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM for the 9th time after he along with his party joined the BJP-led NDA bloc. pic.twitter.com/7yZygtsKpo

  — ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2024

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 04:54 PM

  Nitish Kumar arrives at Raj Bhavan for the oath ceremony. He will take oath as Bihar CM for the 9th time after he along with his party joined the BJP-led NDA bloc.

  WATCH | Patna: Nitish Kumar arrives at Raj Bhavan for the oath ceremony
  
  He will take oath as Bihar CM for the 9th time after he along with his party joined the BJP-led NDA bloc. pic.twitter.com/KNijWwQ2r9

  — ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2024

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 04:43 PM

  BJP's Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha at the oath ceremony of the new government, in Raj Bhavan in Patna  They are likely to take oath as Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar.

  WATCH | BJP's Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha at the oath ceremony of the new government, in Raj Bhavan, Patna
  
  They are likely to take oath as Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar. pic.twitter.com/hiQZsjkf67

  — ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2024

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 04:42 PM

  On the INDIA alliance, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav says, "INDIA alliance is strong. Jo hota hai ache ke liye hota hai..."

  WATCH | On the INDIA alliance, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav says, "INDIA alliance is strong. Jo hota hai ache ke liye hota hai..." pic.twitter.com/2Yu8zzd24x

  — ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2024

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 04:29 PM

  Bihar: Preparations underway at Raj Bhavan in Patna ahead of the oath-taking ceremony

  WATCH  Bihar Preparations underway at Raj Bhavan in Patna ahead of the oath-taking ceremony. pic.twitter.com/6tyQJksYOL

  — ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2024

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 04:27 PM

  'Khela abhi baki hai...': RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav after Nitish Kumar joins NDA

  WATCH | On Nitish Kumar joining NDA, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav says, "Khela abhi baki hai, we stand with the public." Biharpolitics pic.twitter.com/uOfgoj4Q2v

  — ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2024

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 03:08 PM

  'A part of his politics': Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar resigning as Bihar CM

  WATCH  Begusarai: On On JDU Chief Nitish Kumar resigning as the CM of Bihar and JD(U)-BJP alliance, Prashant Kishor, Poll Strategist says, "I have been saying this since starting that Nitish Kumar can swap anytime. This has become a part of his politics... He is a 'paltumaar'.… pic.twitter.com/V7LR9rcJ71

  — ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2024

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 03:02 PM

  'A subject of mockery': Congress leader Pawan Khera on Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) joining NDA

  WATCH  On Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) joining NDA, Congress leader Pawan Khera says, "Someone who has to leave has to say something or the other. It is not easy to live with one's conscience after taking such a step. If you are doing this for the 9th time, the conscience probably… pic.twitter.com/cniyMeHCQI

  — ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2024

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 02:00 PM

  "Nitish Kumar's resignation as Bihar CM is not surprising. He is an experienced leader, but he keeps changing his political colour. People of Bihar will give him and his masters in Delhi a befitting reply," says Congress leader Jairam Ramesh at a press conference.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 01:46 PM

  "I am going there (Patna) to attend the oath-taking ceremony. We are happy that an NDA government would be formed again in Bihar. I have said this before that I disagree with Nitish Kumar over his policies and it would continue if we continue to work over his policies," says Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan on Nitish Kumar resigning as Bihar CM.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 01:34 PM

  "Nitish Kumar is a majestic leader of this country. Our party (BJP) has welcomed him (Nitish Kumar) to the NDA. As a party leader, I would also like to welcome him," says UP Minister AK Sharma on Nitish Kumar's resignation as Bihar CM.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 01:34 PM

  Nitish will take oath as the CM for the ninth time along with two deputy chief ministers from the BJP at the swearing-in ceremony on Sunday. The oath-taking ceremony is scheduled to be held at 5 in the evening. 

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 01:06 PM

  "I think Nitish Kumar has taken the right decision at the very right time. Nitish Kumar shouldn't have gone with RJD and Lalu Prasad Yadav," says Union Minister Dr.Ramdas Athawale on Nitish Kumar's resignation as Bihar CM.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 12:29 PM

  "The people decide the government. Citizens will vote for the government that makes decisions for people's welfare. Now, people know that development is there wherever there is a double-engine government, so they want a double-engine government here (Bihar)," says UP Minister Dr. Sanjay Kumar Nishad on Bihar's political turmoil.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 12:29 PM

  "Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha have been elected as leader and deputy leader of the legislative party, respectively. Most certainly, they will be our face for the deputy CM position," says BJP leader and former Bihar Deputy CM.

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 12:06 PM

  Bihar BJP president addresses press conference as Bihar CM

  "I thank everyone, including PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other party leaders, for electing me as the leader of the legislative party," says Bihar BJP president. Samrat Choudhary at a press conference in Patna following Nitish Kumar's resignation as Bihar CM.

   

  VIDEO | "I thank everyone, including PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other party leaders, for electing me as the leader of the legislative party," says Bihar BJP president @samrat4bjp at a press conference in Patna following Nitish Kumar's resignation as Bihar CM.… pic.twitter.com/ycbImk3xIL

  — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) January 28, 2024

   

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 11:57 AM

  Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said After Bihar CM Nitish Kumar resigned from the CM's post today that he knew it would happen, adding, "There are many people in the country like 'Aaya Ram-Gaya Ram'.

  "Earlier he and us were fighting together. When I talked to Lalu Ji and Tejashwi, they also said that Nitish is going. If he wanted to stay, he would have stayed but he wants to go. That's why we already knew this, but to keep the India Alliance intact, if we say something wrong, the wrong message will be sent. This information was already given to us by Lalu Prasad Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav. Today that came true. There are many people in the country like 'Aaya Ram-Gaya Ram',"

  Kharge said.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 11:32 AM

  Bihar outgoing CM and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar says, "Today, I have resigned as the Chief Minister and I have also told the Governor to dissolve the government in the state. This situation came because not everything was alright...I was getting views from everyone. I listened to all of them. Today, the Government has been dissolved..."

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• 28 Jan 2024, 11:25 AM

  "Today, I have resigned as the Chief Minister and I have also told the Governor to dissolve the government in the state," says JD(U) president Nitish Kumar

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 11:14 AM

  Bihar CM and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar meets Governor at Raj Bhavan; tells him - We have decided to sever ties with the 'mahagathbandhan' in the state.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 11:10 AM

  CM Nitish Kumar hands over resignation to Governor Rajendra Arlekar

  Bihar CM Nitish Kumar hands over resignation to Governor Rajendra Arlekar

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 11:05 AM

  On Sunday, a full-page advertisement in leading newspapers in the state, edging out the Janata Dal (United) supremo and projecting Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav. In the full-page advertisement, which only carried a magnified image of Tejashwi, the RJD thanked the deputy CM for several developmental initiatives ranging from giving over 4 lakh government jobs to enhancing the state's tourism potential.The development comes amid a deafening buzz that Nitish would rejoin the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), bringing an end to the 'Mahagathbandhan' rule in the state.The fast-changing political events in the state were triggered by a social media post from former CM and RJD chief Lalu Yadav's daughter, Rohini Acharya, in which she took a swipe at the JD(U) saying that while the 'socialist party' styles itself as progressive, its ideology shifts with the changing wind patterns.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 10:10 AM

  A meeting of Bihar BJP MLAs and leaders of the party is underway at the party office in Patna, amid political developments in the state.

  The legislative party meeting is underway here

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• 28 Jan 2024, 10:10 AM

  In the Bihar Assembly of 243, the RJD has 79 MLAs; followed by the BJP's 78; the JD(U)'s 45' the Congress's 19, the CPI (M-L)'s 12, two each of the CPI(M) and CPI, the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)'s four seats, and the AIMIM's one, plus one Independent legislator.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 09:46 AM

  The BJP has the largest number of 17 MPs in Bihar, where the total number of Lok Sabha members is 40. The JD(U), headed by Nitish Kumar, has 16 while another NDA ally LJP, now split up between the uncle-nephew duo of Pashupati Kumar Paras and Chirag Paswan, has six.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 09:17 AM

  Bihar BJP MLAs arrive at the party office in Patna for a meeting 

  MLA Ram Singh says, "Meetings are going on Lok Sabha elections. The decision that comes from the top will be implemented. JP Nadda is coming here...We will win all 40 seats..."

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• 28 Jan 2024, 09:08 AM

  Bhartiya Janata Party to hold a meeting with its MLAs and MPs in Patna this morning to chalk out the strategy over the latest political situation in the state. The ruling JD(U)-RJD-Congress coalition in Bihar is on the brink of collapse, as there is likelihood that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar could cross over to the NDA again, the alliance he parted his ways in 2022 to form the 'mahagathbandhan'.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 08:58 AM

  Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to meet the Governor today, say sources. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has reportedly sought time to meet the Governor this morning and is likely to break away from the Mahagathbandhan government, per sources. Although the Bihar CM is mum over his next move, speculations of a rift between Mahagathbandhan and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar joining the NDA, have been soaring high.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 08:13 AM

  As the Congress party faces a crisis in its alliance with the INDIA bloc, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday took a jibe at its leadership, saying, see what happens next. Thakur also said that the INDI alliance was meant to be scattered as the Congress failed to do justice to its allies."Those who could not do justice with their alliance parties, whose 'Mohabbat Ki Dukaan' showed more hatred, had to be scattered, who could not give respect and dignity, who could not decide how they would give justice. See what happens next." Union Minister Anurag Thakur.The statement of the union minister came in the backdrop of the reports, claiming that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may switch sides by pulling his party JD(U) out of the 'mahagathbandhan' and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann's announcement that the ruling TMC and the AAP in these two states wouldn't ally with the Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 08:12 AM

  Bharatiya Janata Party vice-president Baijayant Jay Panda has been appointed election-incharge of Uttar Pradesh, party general secretary Vinod Tawde of Bihar and former Union Minister Prakash Javadekar of Kerala for the Lok Sabha polls, expected to be held in April-May.BJP chief JP Nadda on Saturday appointed election in-charges and co-incharges for various states on Saturday.According to a BJP release, former Tripura Chief Biplab Kumar Deb has been appointed election in-charge for Haryana. Surendra Singh Nagar will be co-in-charge of the state. In Bihar, Deepak Prakash will assist Tawde as co-incharge.Party leader Shrikant Sharma will be incharge of Himahcal Pradesh and Sanjay Tandon will be the co-in-charge of the state. Tarun Chugh and Laxmikant Bajpai have been made election in-charges of Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand respectively. Radha Mohan Das Agarwal will be poll in-charge Karnataka and Sudhakar Reddy is the co-in-charge of Karnataka. Mangal Pandey has been appointed as election in-charge of West Bengal while Amit Malviya and Asha Lakra have been appointed as co-in-charges for the state.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 07:19 AM

  Amid reports that CM Nitish Kumar may switch sides by pulling his party JD(U) out of the 'mahagathbandhan' in Bihar, BJP MP Radha Mohan Das Agrawal said that the INDI Alliance will break in Maharashtra too."INDI Alliance will break in Maharashtra too. This was a strategic posturing by the Congress to show that the party was solely standing against the BJP and PM Modi, and Rahul Gandhi was the only opposition," Agrawal said on Saturday. He further said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was also never with the INDI Alliance.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 07:15 AM

  BJP legislators, MPs, functionaries and office bearers in Bihar are scheduled to meet on Sunday at 10 am, as per sources.

  
• 28 Jan 2024, 07:11 AM

  According to a report, "Nitish Kumar is likely to address a meeting of JD(U) legislators around 10 am on Sunday before going to the Raj Bhavan to submit his resignation”.