Nitish Kumar to be sworn in as Bihar CM today, BJP’s Tarkishore Prasad, Renu Devi to be deputy CMs

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    New Delhi :The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comprising the BJP-JDU will take charge on Monday in Bihar. The new government will be headed by JDU president Nitish Kumar. This will be the Nitish’s fourth consecutive term as the Chief Minister of Bihar. He will take oath as the Bihar CM for a record seventh time in a row. The announcement of Nitish’s as the leader of alliance came after a meeting which was attended by senior NDA leaders in Patna. The meeting took place at 1, Anney Marg, the Chief Minister’s official residence. The meeting was attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who had been sent from Delhi as the observer for the BJP. “Nitish Kumar was unanimously elected as the NDA legislature party leader. Our MLAs Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi were respectively elected as the leader and deputy leader of the BJP legislature party,” Rajnath told reporters on Sunday.