Nitish Kumar recently took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the _ time. Fill in the blanks
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Answer: 8th
On August 10, 2022, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar chief minister for a record eighth time in a no-frills ceremony at Raj Bhavan. This was a day after he snapped ties with the BJP-led NDA and joined hands with the RJD to form a ‘Mahagathbandhan’ government.
Talking to reporters after he was administered the oath of office by Governor Phagu Chauhan, Kumar rubbished BJP’s claim that the new government will not last its full term.
He said his former ally “will be back where they were after the 2015 assembly polls” when the NDA could get less than 50 seats in the 243-strong assembly.
Meanwhile, leaders of the BJP, which is the second largest party in the assembly with 77 MLAs, were conspicuous by their absence at the swearing-in ceremony.
“We have received no invitation. We would have, in any case, not liked to witness formation of a government which has been installed after betraying the people of Bihar, who voted for the NDA in the last assembly polls, and is an insult to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who stuck to his promise of backing Kumar for another term, despite the JD(U)’s poor performance,” BJP leader Sushil Modi told a press conference.
“Nitish Kumar has been in a habit of ditching allies. He will not be loyal to the RJD as well, and try to break that party taking advantage of Lalu Prasad’s ill-health… We are accused of betraying our allies by the JD(U) which cites the example of Shiv Sena. Shiv Sena came apart. And we were not its allies then,” he said.
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