Nitish Kumar is back as Bihar CM |
Less than 24 hours after Nitish Kumar tore apart the Grand Alliance in Bihar, he was back as the state`s chief minister this time in alliance with the BJP. Kumar, who had become the chief minister in October, 2015 after winning the state elections that month in alliance with the RJD and the Congress, walked out of the Grand Alliance on July 26, 2017, complaining that it had become difficult for him to work under the present circumstances. The CBI raids on premises linked to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family and the corruption taint on his deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav had proved to be too much for Kumar to continue with that arrangement. He submitted his resignation to Governor, who accepted it. Earlier on July 27, 2017, Kumar was sworn-in as the state`s chief minister for the second time in two years followed by BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi taking oath at the Raj Bhavan in Patna.
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