Nitish Kumar took the oath as the eighth chief minister of Bihar on Wednesday, a day after declaring a new grand alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal and other opposition parties after splitting from the BJP. At Raj Bhavan, the swearing-in ceremony took place. Tejashwi Yadav of the RJD serves as deputy chief minister. After August 15, the cabinet expansion is most likely to occur. Nitish Kumar announced his resignation as the chief minister of the NDA alliance government on Tuesday and declared his intention to create a new coalition government with the RJD, the Congress, and other parties.
