JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar on Thursday was sworn in as the chief minister of Bihar for a record 10th time at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

Along with him, 21 other MLAs were sworn in as ministers at the event. Governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the oath of office and secrecy to them.

The ministers who took the oath included JD(U)'s Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Shrowan Kumar, Ashok Chowdhary. Lesi Singh, Madan Sahni, Sunil Kumar, Mohammad Jama Khan.

From the BJP, Dilip Jaiswal, Mangal Pandey, Sanjay Singh Tiger, Rama Nishad, Arun Shankar Prasad, Ram Kripal Yadav and Nitin Nabin and Surendra Prasad Mehta were sworn in as ministers.

Santosh Singh from HAM(S) also took the oath.

The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister A

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