Janata Dal United (JDU) President Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the record ninth time on Sunday. Governor Rajendra Arlekar administered him the oath of office and secrecy at Raj Bhavan. Along with Nitish Kumar, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Vijay Kumar Sinha, Samrat Chaudhary and Prem Kumar also took oath as ministers. Meanwhile, the reaction of the opposition on Nitish Kumar joining NDA is also coming rapidly. While on one hand the BJP leaders have welcomed Nitish Kumar, on the other hand the opposition party leaders have targeted him fiercely.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar said – public will teach a lesson in future
On Nitish Kumar taking oath as the CM of Bihar after joining NDA, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said, whatever happened in Patna, such a situation has never been seen before in such a short period of time. I remember that it was Nitish Kumar who had called all the non-BJP parties of Patna. His role was also similar but what happened in the last 10-15 days that he left this ideology and today joined BJP and formed the government. In the last 10 days it did not seem that he would take any such step. Don’t know what happened suddenly, but in future the public will definitely teach him a lesson for his role.
#WATCH , On Nitish Kumar taking oath as Bihar CM after joining NDA, NCP chief Sharad Pawar says, "Whatever happened in Patna, such a situation was never seen before in such a short period of time…I remember it was Nitish Kumar who had called all the non-BJP parties to… pic.twitter.com/T996TAYa5J
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Trinamool Congress criticized Nitish Kumar’s ‘repeated switching sides’
The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal has criticized Janata Dal United (JDU) President Nitish Kumar for ‘repeatedly switching sides’. The party has made this criticism on Nitish’s separation from the ‘Grand Alliance’ in Bihar. Trinamool Congress said that people will give a befitting reply to such ‘opportunism’.
Nitish is expert in betrayal, there was already apprehension about his return to NDA: JMM
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), a member of the ‘India’ alliance of opposition parties, on Sunday slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said that his political character has been of ‘disloyalty’. JMM said that the Janata Dal United (JDU) chief himself does not know which camp he belongs to. JMM general secretary and spokesperson Supriyo Bhattacharya said Nitish Kumar’s resignation was expected as betrayal has been his political character.