PM congratulates Nitish Kumar on being sworn in as Bihar CM

Tunia Cherian Updated - January 11, 2018 at 04:18 PM.

Nitish Kumar with senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi at the oath-taking ceremony at Raj Bhawan in Patna on Thursday. Kumar was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Bihar, while Modi was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister. -- PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi on being sworn in as the chief minister and the deputy chief minister respectively and said he looked forward to working together for Bihar’s prosperity.

“Congratulations to @NitishKumar ji & @SushilModi ji. Looking forward to working together for Bihar’s progress & prosperity,” he tweeted

Kumar and Sushil Modi were administered the oath of office by Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi at Raj Bhawan in Patna today.

Prodded by Kumar, the JD(U) had walked out of the NDA in July 2013, ending the 17-year-old alliance, after Narendra Modi was nominated head of the BJP’s campaign committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

Published on July 27, 2017 05:48