Odisha CM Mohan Majhi To Attend Nitish Kumar's Oath-Taking Ceremony In Patna Tomorrow

Odisha CM Mohan Majhi To Attend Nitish Kumar’s Oath-Taking Ceremony In Patna Tomorrow

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will be travelling to Patna on Thursday, to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of Bihar Chief Minister-designate Nitish Kumar.

“I will certainly attend the swearing-in ceremony of the new Bihar government in Patna. CMs and Deputy CMs of all states have been invited to the event. I too have got a personal invite and will participate in the resounding victory of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the recently concluded Bihar Assembly elections,” Majhi told reporters.

Besides chief ministers of NDA-ruled states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and several top NDA leaders are among the dignitaries expected to attend the event.

Earlier on Wednesday, Nitish Kumar was unanimously elected as leader of the NDA legislature party, paving the way for him to take oath as Bihar chief minister for a record tenth time. The swearing-in ceremony at Patna’s iconic Gandhi Maidan is expected to be a grand affair.

Sources said that 18–20 MLAs may also take oath as ministers in the new government.

The results of Bihar assembly election, declared on November 14, delivered a resounding mandate to the NDA, securing 202 seats—a supermajority far exceeding the 122 needed for a simple majority. The alliance clinched nearly 83% of the 243 seats with BJP wining 89, JD(U) 85, LJP (RV) 19, HAM 5 and RLM 4. The Opposition managed only 35 seats, with the Rashtriya Janata Dal winning 25, Congress six, CPI-ML two, CPI(M) one and the Bahujan Samaj Party one. AIMIM won five seats.