Nitish Kumar Returns as Bihar CM, Marks Historic 10th Swearing-In

Nitish Kumar was sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister for a record 10th time at a grand ceremony in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, J.P. Nadda and several NDA leaders and CMs. At 74, Kumar extended his nearly 19-year tenure, placing him among India’s ten longest-serving CMs. Known both as ‘Paltu Ram’ and ‘sushashan babu’, he leads a cabinet including BJP leaders Dilip Jaiswal, Mangal Pandey and others, along with JD(U), HAM(S), RLM and LJP (RV) ministers. Governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the oath. A day earlier, NDA legislators unanimously elected him their leader.