Patna, Nov 20 (UNI) Nitish Kumar, veteran leader from socialist background and a staunch follower of Jayaprakash Narayan — considered a crusader of democracy in the country — today took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar on the 10th occasion, making history. Governor Arif Mohammad Khan administered oath to Kumar.

It was the tenth occasion that Kumar was administered oath of Chief Minister since March 2000 when he became CM for the first time. Kumar, however, had resigned within seven days as CM following his failure to muster a majority in the state Assembly. He returned as chief minister in 2005, heading the NDA government and largely remained in office since then, except for a brief period of nearly 10 months (2014-2015) when Jeetan Ram Manjhi was the CM.

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