Nitish to be next Bihar CM
Patna, Feb 20: JD-U leader Nitish Kumar will take oath as the new chief minister of Bihar Feb 22 after Jitan Ram Manjhi resigned Friday, less than an hour before a confidence vote in the state assembly. Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi Friday invited Nitish Kumar to form the next government, a party spokesperson said. "Governor Tripathi has invited Nitish Kumar to form the next government after he met him at Raj Bhavan and formally staked claim," Janata Dal-United spokesperson Neeraj Kumar said. Manjhi claimed he as well as some legislators supporting him had received threats to their lives. Nitish Kumar Friday publicly apologised to the people for his "mistake" for having resigned as chief minister last year. "I admit that I made a mistake by resigning as chief minister. I publicly apologise for it to the people of Bihar. Please forgive me, as I will not repeat my mistake," Nitish Kumar said at a press conference here.