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JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a record 10th time at Gandhi Maidan, with 22 ministers sworn in amid NDA leaders’ presence.

Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister for record 10th time

JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a record 10th time at Gandhi Maidan, with 22 ministers sworn in amid NDA leaders&rsquo; presence.

JD(U) president Nitish Kumar was on Thursday sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for a record tenth time at a grand ceremony, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah among those who were present at the swearing-in.
BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda and the party's in-charge for the recently held state polls Dharmendra Pradhan were also among those who had flown down to attend the ceremony, where Kumar, along with a 21-member cabinet, was administered the oath of office by Governor Arif Mohammed Khan.
Kumar resigned as chief minister on Wednesday and staked claim to form the new government before Governor Khan.
"My heartiest congratulations to all the colleagues who took oath as ministers in the Bihar government. This is a splendid team of dedicated leaders, which will take Bihar to new heights. My best wishes to all of them!" Modi said on X.
Modi, whose charisma had played a big role in the NDA's massive victory in the assembly polls, regaled the crowds when, towards the end of the ceremony, he rotated his 'gamchha' in his signature style.
A gigantic stage had been set up at the Gandhi Maidan, where the attendees included chief ministers from several states ruled by the NDA, prominent among them being N Chandrababu Naidu (Andhra Pradesh) and Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Devendra Fadnavis (Maharashtra), Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam) and Rekha Gupta (Delhi).
Prominent among those who took the oath on the occasion were Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, the leader and deputy leader, respectively, of the BJP legislative party, both of whom were deputy CMs in the previous NDA government in the state.
At least three ministers are members of the state legislative council. They are JD(U) national general secretary Ashok Choudhary, one of the most trusted aides of the CM, state BJP president Dilip Jaiswal and Hindustani Awam Morcha chief Santosh Kumar Suman.
Shreyasi Singh, an award-winning shooter who got elected from Jamui for a second consecutive term, was a new entrant into the cabinet.
Rama Nishad, wife of former Muzaffarpur MP Ajay Nishad, who had joined the BJP in the thick of elections and got elected from Aurai, has also been inducted into the state cabinet.
Another ninth-term MLA Bijendra Prasad Yadav, from the JD(U), was back in the state cabinet.
None of the inductees were from Union minister Chirag Paswan's LJPRV and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha's RLM, which have 19 and four berths, respectively.
In the outgoing government, the BJP had 15 ministers, JD(U) 12, including CM Nitish Kumar, Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) had one, and one minister who was an Independent candidate.

Resilience, strategic alliances, and governance reforms mark Nitish Kumar’s five-decade political career. From his first victory in 1985 to his record 10th term as Bihar CM, he has repeatedly outmaneuvered rivals.

Nitish Kumar: A resilient politician who keeps rising like a Phoenix

Resilience, strategic alliances, and governance reforms mark Nitish Kumar&rsquo;s five-decade political career. From his first victory in 1985 to his record 10th term as Bihar CM, he has repeatedly outmaneuvered rivals.

In a political career spanning 50 years, Nitish Kumar has displayed an uncanny knack for rising like a Phoenix every time sceptics and detractors have sought to write him off.
The most atypical of politicians owing their rise to post-Mandal politics, Nitish Kumar stood out for his ability to address the governance deficit, unlike a majority of the breed reared in the socialist stable, but was often accused of pursuing politics of opportunism.
Call it political opportunism or sagacity, his moves, in effect, have not allowed the BJP to appoint its own chief minister to date, despite enjoying a near hegemonic status nationally and the best performance in recently held assembly polls where the saffron party bagged 89 seats, followed by the JD(U) with 85.
Kumar is among the 10 longest-serving CMs in the country. He has been in power for 19 years. His frequent switching sides in his political career earned him the nickname 'Paltu Ram', whereas he is also called 'Sushashan Babu' for good governance.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, his JD(U) outperformed the BJP in terms of strike rate, winning as many seats despite contesting one less than the saffron party, which now depends on the state ally for survival in power at the Centre, having fallen short of a majority.
An engineer by training who had taken an active part in the JP movement, Kumar spurned a job offer from the state electricity department and decided to take the political gamble, an oddity among educated youth in Bihar for whom the lure of "sarkaari naukri" remains undiminished.
Unlike Lalu Prasad and Ram Vilas Paswan, his co-travellers during the movement led by Jayaprakash Narayan, electoral success eluded Kumar for long. He got the first taste of victory, after three successive defeats, in the 1985 assembly polls when he won from Harnaut as a candidate of the Lok Dal. Four years later, he entered the Lok Sabha from Barh even as fellow MP from Saran Lalu Prasad shifted to Bihar, taking over as the CM and scripting a spectacular success story.
The next decade and a half saw Prasad's rise as one of the most powerful but controversial figures of his time, who ruled the state by proxy, getting his demure homemaker wife Rabri Devi elected as his successor, when a charge sheet in the fodder scam caused him to step down as the CM. During the same period, Kumar burnt his bridges with Prasad, floated the Samata Party, and built his own political edifice brick by brick.
The Samata Party joined forces with the BJP, and Kumar made a mark for himself as an outstanding parliamentarian. After a rift between Sharad Yadav, the then Janata Dal president, and Lalu Prasad, the latter broke away and formed the RJD. The Samata Party merged with Sharad Yadav's Janata Dal while continuing its alliance with the BJP.
After the NDA lost power in 2004, a victory in Bihar held out the promise of a degree of redemption for the BJP-led alliance. Attempts to wrest power from the RJD-Congress combine, then in power at the Centre as well, after the NDA fell short of a majority in the assembly polls of February 2005, were stymied by Governor Buta Singh's controversial move to dissolve the assembly, without it having even been constituted, in the face of alleged horse trading.
This proved a blessing in disguise for Kumar, who was projected as the chief ministerial candidate in the elections that took place nine months later, and the JD(U)-BJP combine got a comfortable majority, bringing the so-called "Lalu era" to an end.
Kumar's first five years as CM are recalled with admiration even by critics, marked as these were by vast improvement in law and order. Realising fully well that, unlike Lalu, he did not have the advantage of belonging to a populous caste group, Kumar created sub-quotas among OBCs and Dalits who were called "Ati Pichhda" (EBC) and "Mahadalits". He also brought in measures like free bicycles and school uniforms for school-going girls, which won him much adulation, and saw him return to power in 2010, leading the JD(U)-BJP coalition to a landslide victory in the assembly polls.
He ultimately snapped his party's 17-year-old ties with the BJP in 2013 when Modi was anointed BJP's campaign committee chief for the 2014 LS polls. After parting ways with the BJP, he won a trust vote with Congress' support, but stepped down in 2014, owning moral responsibility for the JD(U)'s drubbing in the LS elections.
In less than a year, he was back as the CM, elbowing out his rebellious protege Jitan Ram Manjhi with support from the RJD and Congress. The Grand Alliance that came into being with the JD(U), Congress and RJD coming together, won the 2017 assembly polls but came apart in just two years, after Kumar insisted that Lalu's son and deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, whose name had cropped up in a money laundering case related to the time when RJD supremo was the railway minister, "come clear" on the issue.
He abruptly resigned as the CM as the RJD refused to budge, only to be back in office in less than 24 hours with BJP's support. His acceptability in political camps on either side of the ideological divide was on display when he dumped the BJP in 2022, accusing it of having tried to "break" the JD(U), and, while surviving in power with RJD, Congress, and Left as new allies, cobbled together a new front that was to be known as the INDIA bloc.
True to form, he jettisoned the anti-BJP front when he felt it was not giving him the respect that was his due, only to be welcomed back into the NDA with open arms.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took oath for a record 10th time, extending his 19-year tenure and joining India’s top 10 longest-serving chief ministers alongside leaders.

Nitish Kumar among top 10 longest-serving chief ministers

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took oath for a record 10th time, extending his 19-year tenure and joining India&rsquo;s top 10 longest-serving chief ministers alongside leaders.

No chief minister in the country would have taken oath as many times as Bihar&rsquo;s longest-serving CM Nitish Kumar, who was sworn in for a record 10th term on Thursday.
At 74, Kumar also achieved another milestone of extending his 19-year stint as CM and breaking into the national top-10 list of longest-serving heads of government.
Kumar assumed office as chief minister in a grand swearing-in ceremony at Patna's Gandhi Maidan in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, besides several top NDA leaders.
Born in 1951 in Bihar's Bakhtiyarpur, Kumar entered politics during the JP Movement. He joined the Janata Party and unsuccessfully contested his first assembly elections in 1977. His first electoral victory was in 1985.
His frequent switching of sides in his nearly five-decade-long political career earned him the nickname 'Paltu Ram', whereas he is also called 'Sushashan Babu' for his good governance.
As the country's political landscape turns another page, Kumar joins the ranks of the nation&rsquo;s 10 longest-serving CMs, a list dominated for decades by stalwarts such as Pawan Kumar Chamling of Sikkim and Naveen Patnaik of Odisha.
List of long-serving CMs:
1) Sikkim: Pawan Kumar Chamling (Over 25 years) December 12, 1994 - May 26, 2019.
2) Odisha: Naveen Patnaik (Over 24 years) March 5, 2000 - June 11, 2024.
3) West Bengal: Jyoti Basu (Over 23 years) June 21, 1977 - November 5, 2000.
4) Arunachal Pradesh: Gegong Apang (Over 22 years) January 18, 1980 - January 19, 1999; August 3, 2003 - April 9, 2007.
5) Mizoram: Lal Thanhawla (Over 22 years) May 5, 1984 - August 21, 1986; January 24, 1989 - December 3, 1998; December 11, 2008 - December 15, 2018.
6) Himachal Pradesh: Virbhadra Singh (Over 21 years) April 8, 1983 - March 5, 1990; December 3, 1993 - March 24, 1998; March 6, 2003 - December 30, 2007; December 25, 2012 - December 27, 2017.
7) Tripura: Manik Sarkar (Over 19 years) March 11, 1998 - March 9, 2018.
8) Bihar: Nitish Kumar (About 19 years) March 3, 2000, to March 11, 2000; November 24, 2005, to May 20, 2014, and February 22, 2015, to November 19, 2025.
9) Tamil Nadu: M Karunanidhi (Over 18 years) February 10, 1969 - January 31, 1976; January 27, 1989 - January 30, 1991; May 13, 1996 - May 14, 2001; May 13, 2006 - May 16, 2011.
10) Punjab: Parkash Singh Badal (Over 18 years) March 27, 1970 - June 14, 1971; June 20, 1977 - February 17, 1980; February 12, 1997 - February 26, 2002; March 1, 2007 - March 16, 2017.

Nitish Kumar is set to be sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister for a record tenth term as NDA leaders finalise cabinet berths, with massive arrangements underway for the swearing-in ceremony at Gandhi Maidan.

Nitish Kumar to take oath as CM of Bihar for record 10th time

Nitish Kumar is set to be sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister for a record tenth term as NDA leaders finalise cabinet berths, with massive arrangements underway for the swearing-in ceremony at Gandhi Maidan.

JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar is set to take oath as the chief minister of Bihar for a record 10th time at Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan on Thursday. Along with him, 19 ministers are expected to take oath.
The swearing-in ceremony will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president J P Nadda and several other top leaders of NDA. The event will also be attended by chief ministers of several NDA-ruled states. Shah and Nadda have already arrived in the state capital.
Kumar resigned as the Bihar CM on Wednesday and then staked claim before Governor Arif Mohammed Khan to form the new government.
Apart from the Cabinet berths for the main NDA constituents, the BJP and JD(U), the other partners of the alliance are also likely to get one ministerial post for every six MLAs to ensure a balanced representation.
According to sources, eight MLAs each from BJP and JD(U) will take oath during the day. On the other hand, one ministerial berth each will likely go to the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) or HAM(S), three to Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas).
Those eight JD(U) MLAs include Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Vijay Choudhary, Shrowan Kumar, Lesi Singh, Mohammad Zama Khan, Sunil Kumar and Ashok Chowdhary. So far as BJP MLAs are concerned, Samrat Choudhary, Vijay Kumar Sinha and Renu Devi are also expected to become ministers.
A three-day session of the newly constituted assembly will start from November 26 in which the Speaker and Deputy Speaker will be elected and new members will take oath. The BJP's Prem Kumar is likely to be elected as Speaker of the assembly.
Sources said the new Cabinet will be expanded after Makar Sankranti on January 14 next year. Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place, and over three lakh people are anticipated at the event, a senior official said.
The NDA stormed back to power in Bihar, winning 202 seats in the 243-member assembly, with BJP bagging 89, JD(U) 85, LJP(RV) 19, HAM(S) 5 and RLM 4.

Major bureaucratic rejig in Bihar amid reports Nitish Kumar may join NDA

An official told PTI the transfers and postings made in the last few days were part of routine exercise.&nbsp;

The Bihar government on Friday transferred 22 IAS officers, which included five district magistrates (DMs), as well as 45 officers from the Bihar Administrative Service (BAS).
According to a notification by the general administration department, Patna DM Chandrasekhar Singh, a 2010-batch IAS officer, has been transferred to the chief minister's secretariat as special secretary. Singh was recently in the news for his war of letters with the state education department over closure of schools in Patna in view of cold wave conditions.
Singh has been replaced by 2011-batch IAS officer Shirsat Kapil Ashok, who is currently the IG (prisons).
Naval Kishor Choudhary (2013-batch IAS officer), currently Gopalganj DM, is the new Bhagalpur DM.
Bhagalpur DM Subrat Kumar Sen (a 2013-batch IAS officer) has been appointed as Muzaffarpur DM.
Arvind Kumar Choudhary (1995-batch IAS officer), presently posted as principal secretary (finance), has been given additional charge of principal secretary (rural development department).
Senthil K Kumar (1996-batch IAS officer), principal secretary, home department, is the new principal secretary of planning department.
Safeena AN (1997-batch IAS officer), principal secretary, minorities welfare department, has been appointed as member, revenue board.
Similarly, 45 officers of Bihar Administrative Service (BAS) have also been assigned new postings.
On January 23, 29 senior IAS officers were assigned new posting in a major bureaucratic rejig.
"Transfers and postings made in the last few days were part of routine exercise," a senior GAD official said.

Bihar's former chief minister Karpoori Thakur will be posthumously conferred with the Bharat Ratna award, PM Modi announced 

Ex-Bihar CM Karpoori Thakur awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously

Bihar's former chief minister Karpoori Thakur will be posthumously conferred with the Bharat Ratna award, PM Modi announced&nbsp;

Bihar's former chief minister Karpoori Thakur will be posthumously conferred with the Bharat Ratna award, India's highest civilian honour. &nbsp;While making the announcement on X on Tuesday, Prime Minister Modi paid tributes to the leader on his X handle.
&ldquo;I am delighted that the Government of India has decided to confer the Bharat Ratna on the beacon of social justice, the great Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur Ji and that too at a time when we are marking his birth centenary. This prestigious recognition is a testament to his enduring efforts as a champion for the marginalized and a stalwart of equality and empowerment," he said.
Revered as 'Jannayak' by his followers, the iconic socialist leader was known for championing the cause of backward classes. He served as the CM from December 1970 to June 1971 and from December 1977 to April 1979. Thakur died on February 17, 1988. The highlight of his tenure was providing reservations for the backward classes in government jobs, a move that would eventually set the tone for the Mandal Commission report in 1990.

'I would rather die...': Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on the possibility of joining hands with BJP  

'I would rather die...': Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on possibility of joining hands with BJP  

'I would rather die...': Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on the possibility of joining hands with BJP  

He also scoffed at the BJP's claim that it would win 36 out of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state next year.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday ruled out the possibility of a realignment with the BJP, asserting that he will "rather die than join hands" with his former ally.
The JD(U) leader also reminded the saffron party that while in alliance it used to get votes of all his supporters, including Muslims who have always been "wary" of the BJP's Hindutva ideology.
He also scoffed at the BJP's claim that it would win 36 out of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state next year.
Kumar reiterated that his return to the NDA in 2017, following "baseless" corruption cases against his deputy Tejashwi Yadav and the latter&rsquo;s father Lalu Prasad, was a "mistake".&nbsp;
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A day after a video making rounds on social media in which it has been seen that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was attacked by a man during a programme in the Bakhtiarpur town of Patna district on Sunday. The incident was captured in the CCTV camera.
The man is identified as Shankar Kumar Verma aka Chottu, a resident of Bakhtiarpur town, Police said. Though he was handed over to local police after the incident happened.
Following the investigation, the man is mentally disturbed. His relatives have told the authorities that his mental condition is not stable. Earlier he has tried to kill himself. His wife has left him moreover he lives alone with his children.
After the investigation process, Bihar CM instructed the officials not to take any harsh action against him instead he asked them to provide him medical treatment for his illness.

Bihar CM: Don't take any action against Chottu, his mental condition is not stable

The man is identified as Shankar Kumar Verma aka Chottu, a resident of Bakhtiarpur town, Police said. Though he was handed over to local police after the incident happened.



Captions:
Youth attempts to attacks&nbsp;Bihar CM on Sunday
Man arrested, identified as&nbsp;Shankar Kumar Verma aka Chottu
Verma's&nbsp;mental condition not stable: Relatives
Bihar CM: Don't take any harsh action against him

Shankar Kumar Verma aka Chottu, a resident of Bakhtiarpur town, tried to attack&nbsp;Nitish Kumar&nbsp;on Sunday. He was handed over to the local police after the incident.
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A day after a man tried to attack&nbsp;Nitish Kumar&nbsp;during a programme, the Bihar&nbsp;Chief Minister asked the police not to take action against him as his mental condition is reportedly not stable.&nbsp;
The incident, which took place in Bakhtiarpur&nbsp;town of Patna&nbsp;district on Sunday,&nbsp;was captured on&nbsp;CCTV camera.&nbsp;
The man has been identified as Shankar Kumar Verma aka Chottu, a resident of Bakhtiarpur town, the police said. He was handed over to local police after the incident.
Following investigation, it was found that the Verma's&nbsp;mental condition is not stable. His relatives informed the authorities of his condition.
The&nbsp;Bihar CM has instructed the officials not to take any harsh action against him and instead asked them to provide medical treatment for his illness.

A political slugfest ensued in Bihar following reports that empty liquor bottles were recovered from the state Legislative Assembly.
Pertinently, the sale and consumption of liquor are banned in Bihar.
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav took an aim at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday saying the ministers in the Nitish Kumar government have the freedom to commit crimes and that the CM should apologise to the people of the state.
"How did liquor bottles enter the Bihar Assembly? The Chief Minister should himself do a survey. We have seen pictures of CM Nitish Kumar with the liquor mafia. Nitish Kumar's ministers have the freedom to commit crimes. The CM should apologise to the people of Bihar," the RJD leader said.
Hours later, an under-fire Nitish told the Bihar Assembly that he will call for a probe. “I will tell Chief Secretary and DGP to get an inquiry done. It is not an ordinary thing if the bottles came here. The one who is doing this should not be spared. Strict action should be taken,” the CM said. 

In dry Bihar, 'liquor bottles found in Assembly complex': Tejaswi attacks red-faced Nitish Kumar

A political slugfest ensued in Bihar following reports that empty liquor bottles were recovered from the state Legislative Assembly.
Pertinently, the sale and consumption of liquor are&nbsp;banned in Bihar.
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav took an aim at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday saying the ministers in the Nitish Kumar government have the freedom to commit crimes and that the CM should apologise to the people of the state.
A political slugfest ensued in Bihar following reports that empty liquor bottles were recovered from the state Legislative Assembly.
Pertinently, the sale and consumption of liquor are&nbsp;banned in Bihar.
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav took an aim at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday saying the ministers in the Nitish Kumar government have the freedom to commit crimes and that the CM should apologise to the people of the state.
"How did liquor bottles enter the Bihar Assembly? The Chief Minister should himself do a survey. We have seen pictures of CM Nitish Kumar with the liquor mafia. Nitish Kumar's ministers have the freedom to commit crimes. The CM should apologise to the people of Bihar," the RJD leader said. SOT
Hours later, an under-fire Nitish told the Bihar Assembly that he will call for a probe. &ldquo;I will tell Chief Secretary and DGP to get an inquiry done. It is not an ordinary thing if the bottles came here. The one who is doing this should not be spared. Strict action should be taken,&rdquo; the CM said. SOT.&nbsp; 
At a time when Nitish Kumar started an oath-taking campaign&nbsp;in a bid to implement the liquor prohibition law successfully in Bihar,&nbsp;RJD&nbsp;MLA Rajvanshi Mahto&nbsp;recently alleged that&nbsp;Nitish 'smokes marijuana'. Mahto, an MLA from the Cheriya Bariyarpur Assembly constituency in Begusarai district, said "the sale and consumption of marijuana is also banned in the state but why is Nitish&nbsp;not leaving the addiction of marijuana?"

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav took an aim at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday saying the ministers in the Nitish Kumar government have the freedom to commit crimes

A political slugfest ensued in Bihar following reports that empty liquor bottles were recovered from the state Legislative Assembly.
Pertinently, the sale and consumption of liquor are&nbsp;banned in Bihar.
&nbsp;
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Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav took an aim at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday saying the ministers in the Nitish Kumar government have the freedom to commit crimes and that the CM should apologise to the people of the state.
"How did liquor bottles enter the Bihar Assembly? The Chief Minister should himself do a survey. We have seen pictures of CM Nitish Kumar with the liquor mafia. Nitish Kumar's ministers have the freedom to commit crimes. The CM should apologise to the people of Bihar," the RJD leader said.
Hours later, an under-fire Nitish told the Bihar Assembly that he will call for a probe. &ldquo;I will tell Chief Secretary and DGP to get an inquiry done. It is not an ordinary thing if the bottles came here. The one who is doing this should not be spared. Strict action should be taken,&rdquo; the CM said.&nbsp;

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is not in the race for the post of the prime minister though he has all the qualities required to become one, his party, the Janata Dal (United), said on Sunday.
The party is an ally of the BJP at the Centre as well as in the state.
Asked about the matter, Kumar said called it "nonsense". "I neither want nor expect (this)."&nbsp;
"Nitish Kumar is not a candidate for the post of the prime minister. The JD(U) is the most trusted member of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the leader of the alliance. But he (Kumar) certainly is a PM material," JD(U) General Secretary and spokesperson K C Tyagi told reporters after the party's national council meeting here.
&ldquo;We are in the NDA and firmly support the alliance. The party would welcome setting up of an NDA coordination committee to resolve various issues. During the period of Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, several works were done after setting up the coordination committee. "We will be happy if a similar coordination committee is formed again at the central and state levels for smooth functioning of the government and to put a stop to unwarranted comments made by leaders of alliance partners,&rdquo; Tyagi said.
To a question, he said the JD(U) will contest the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Manipur in 2022.
"Our priority will be to form an alliance with the BJP (for the polls). If that does not happen, we will contest independently," the senior JD(U) leader said.
The party had not contested the UP assembly elections in 2017.
Rajiv Ranjan Singh, newly appointed JD(U) national president, had said on August 7 that the party is capable of contesting elections alone.
On the JD(U)&rsquo;s demand for caste-based census in the country, Tyagi said, &ldquo;A delegation led by the CM recently briefed the PM on the caste-based ensus and urged him to take an appropriate decision. The PM listened to the delegation. The caste census should be done at least once. It will be easy for the government to identify the poor other than Dalits and help formulate schemes for their welfare".
The caste-based census has not taken place in the country since British rule.

Here's what Nitish Kumar said after his party's 'PM material' pitch

JDU says Nitish Kumar is PM material, but not in race

Byte: Nitish Kumar: ye sab faltoo batein hain...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar rejecting his party's 'PM material' pitch as "rubbish".
This&nbsp;response came after the JDU said that Kumar has all the qualities to become the Prime Minister but he is not in the race for the post.
After a meeting of the party's National Council in Patna on Sunday, senior JDU leader KC Tyagi said that although Nitish Kumar has all the qualities to become PM, he is not a claimant to the post as Narendra Modi is the NDA candidate for the top job.
Asked about the matter, Nitish Kumar called it "nonsense". "I neither want nor expect this," he said.
((Repeat byte: sab faltu baat hai))
Earlier this month, senior JD(U) leader Upendra Kushwaha -- after being named the leader of the JD(U) parliamentary party -- had called Nitish Kumar "PM material".
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This&nbsp;response came after the JDU said that Kumar has all the qualities to become the Prime Minister but he is not in the race for the post

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is not in the race for the post of prime minister though he has all the qualities required to become one, his party, the Janata Dal (United), said on Sunday.
The party is an ally of the BJP at the Centre as well as in the state.
Asked about the matter, Kumar said called it "nonsense". "I neither want nor expect (this)."&nbsp;
"Nitish Kumar is not a candidate for the post of prime minister. The JD(U) is the most trusted member of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the leader of the alliance. But he (Kumar) certainly is a PM material," JD(U) General Secretary and spokesperson K C Tyagi told reporters after the party's national council meeting here.
&ldquo;We are in the NDA and firmly support the alliance. The party would welcome the setting up of an NDA coordination committee to resolve various issues. During the period of the&nbsp;Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, several works were done after setting up the coordination committee. "We will be happy if a similar coordination committee is formed again at the central and state levels for smooth functioning of the government and to put a stop to unwarranted comments made by leaders of alliance partners,&rdquo; Tyagi said.
To a question, he said the JD(U) will contest the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Manipur in 2022.
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"Our priority will be to form an alliance with the BJP (for the polls). If that does not happen, we will contest independently," the senior JD(U) leader said.
The party had not contested the UP assembly elections in 2017.
Rajiv Ranjan Singh, newly appointed JD(U) national president, had said on August 7 that the party is capable of contesting elections alone.
On the JD(U)&rsquo;s demand for caste-based census in the country, Tyagi said, &ldquo;A delegation led by the CM recently briefed the PM on the caste-based census and urged him to take an appropriate decision. The PM listened to the delegation. The caste census should be done at least once. It will be easy for the government to identify the poor other than Dalits and help formulate schemes for their welfare".
The caste-based census has not taken place in the country since British rule.

Considering rapid spread of infection during the current Covid-19 wave, the Bihar government on Sunday decided to impose night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said a decision has been taken to extend closure of schools, colleges, coaching centres till May 15 from April 30.
Religious places of all faiths will remain shut till May 15. Earlier, they were closed till April 30.
The government offices with one-third strength will function only till 5 pm instead of 6 pm now while shops business establishments will be closed at 6 pm, an hour before than what was decided last week.
Attendance at funerals has been reduced to 25 from 50 and likewise gathering in marriage curtailed to 100 till mid-May.

Bihar in grip of Covid-19 wave tightens curbs, imposes night curfew

Bihar imposes night curfew;&nbsp;Sec 144 to fight virus
State imposes night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am
Schools, cinemas, places of worship shut till May 15
Attendance at funerals reduced to 25 from 50
Gathering in marriage curtailed to 100 till May 15
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Considering rapid spread of infection during the current Covid-19 wave, the Bihar government on Sunday decided to impose night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said a decision has been taken to extend closure of schools, colleges, coaching centres till May 15 from April 30.
Religious places of all faiths will remain shut till May 15. Earlier, they were closed till April 30.
The government offices with one-third strength will function only till 5 pm instead of 6 pm now while shops business establishments will be closed at 6 pm, an hour before than what was decided last week.
Attendance at funerals has been reduced to 25 from 50 and likewise gathering in marriage curtailed to 100 till mid-May.

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