PM congratulates Nitish Kumar on becoming Bihar CM
February 22, 2015
New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Nitish Kumar on his becoming Bihar Chief Minister and conveyed his best wishes to him.
“Congratulations & best wishes to Shri Nitish Kumar on being sworn-in as Bihar CM,” Modi tweeted.
63-year-old Kumar became the Chief Minister nine months after he stepped down owning moral responsibility for his party JD(U)’s disastrous performance in the Lok Sabha election.
Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, Chief Ministers — Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal), Akhilesh Yadav (Uttar Pradesh), Tarun Gogoi (Assam) and INLD leader Abhay Chautala attended his swearing-in ceremony in Patna.
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