Patna: JD (U) chief Nitish Kumar Sworn-In-As Chief Minister of Bihar on Monday, took oath for a fourth straight term. Bihar governor Phagu Chauhan administered the oath with Nitish Kumar and 14 ministers.

The BJP, JD (U) led NDA government headed by Nitish Kumar is having two deputy chief ministers from BJP. Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Debi will be the Deputy Chief Ministers in the Nitish cabinet. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the BJP National Chief JP Nadda were attended the ceremony. The 69-year-old has had a continuous run since November, 2005. There was a short break in 2014-15, when the post was occupied by Jitan Ram Manjhi.

Vijendra Yadav, Vijay Choudhary, Ashok Choudhary, Mewalal Choudhary, and Sheela Mandal from Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United and BJP leaders Mangal Pandey and Rampreet Paswan are among the 14 ministers inducted in the new cabinet. Santosh Manjhi of the Hindustani Awam Morcha or the HAM, and Mukesh Mallah of the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) are on the list too.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet conveyed wishes to Nitish Kumar on the occasion of his oath as CM of Bihar. “Congratulations to @NitishKumar Ji on taking oath as Bihar’s CM. I also congratulate all those who took oath as Ministers in the Bihar Government. The NDA family will work together for the progress of Bihar. I assure all possible support from the Centre for the welfare of Bihar.”

The RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav boycotted the oath ceremony. Tejashwi Yadav in a tweet conveyed his wishes to Nitish Kumar; he said he respected Nitish Ji for being nominated as Chief Minister. I hope instead of pursuing his ambitions, he will fulfill the aspirations of the public and will fulfill NDA’s promise of 19 lakh jobs, and will make positive issues like employment, health, income generation, irrigation his priority.”