Patna (Bihar) [India], November 18 (ANI): Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi asserted that the opposition should accept that Nitish Kumar will once again become Chief Minister and stop blaming Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) among other excuses to cover their defeat.
“Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Minister (of Bihar)… They (opposition) should accept the mandate. They (opposition leaders) do not talk about their mistakes. They blame EVMs and other things… This is all excuses. It has no meaning…” he said.
Meanwhile, after the recent historic win of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025, the State BJP President Dilip Jaiswal said there will be a meeting of the party followed by a legislative party meeting of the NDA, ahead of the swearing-in ceremony scheduled for November 20.
Speaking to ANI, Jaiswal said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with the Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers of the NDA ruled states, will participate in the swearing-in ceremony.
“Tomorrow, the legislative party meeting of the BJP will be held, and after that, the legislative party meeting of the NDA will be convened. The swearing-in ceremony will be held on 20th November at the Gandhi Maidan. PM Modi, along with major BJP leaders, CMs, and Deputy CMs from various states, will participate in the swearing-in ceremony…We will take an oath to fulfil the dream of Viksit Bihar,” the BJP leader said.
In the recent polls, the ruling NDA got 202 seats, a three-fourths majority in the 243-member House. This is the second time the NDA has crossed the 200-mark in the assembly polls. In the 2010 polls, it had won 206 seats.
The BJP emerged as the single largest party, winning 89 seats. JD(U) won 85 seats, LJP (RV) won 19 seats, HAM (S) won 5 seats, and RLM won 4 seats.
Mahagathbandhan got just 35 seats with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) winning 25 seats, Congress 6, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) – CPI(ML)(L) – two, Indian Inclusive Party (IIP) – one and Communist Party of India (Marxist) – CPI(M) one seat.
While All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) won five seats, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) got one seat. (ANI)