(NDTV)
JDU leader Nitish Kumar is set to take oath as Bihar Chief Minister today at 10 am. State unit chief Sushil Modi will be sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister, according to reports. Kumar had resigned last evening after RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s son Tejashwi Yadav did not resign after CBI filed FIR against the Deputy Chief Minister in connection with corruption cases. Kumar has met Bihar Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi last last night and staked a claim to from his government. He was asked to prove his majority in the Assembly within two days of searing in, as per reports. Meanwhile, in the wee hours of Thursday, Tejashwi met Governor Tripathi in Patna to protest over Kumar being invited to form the government ahead of RJD. Notably, RJD is the single largest party in the state Assembly with 80 MLAs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had tweeted hailing Kumar for his honesty in standing up to corruption. Subsequently, the BJP said it would lend support to him, and its legislators met Kumar’s JD(U) MLAs at former Chief Minister’s residence.
