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Nitish Kumar He is expected to take the oath of office later today as the new chief minister for the ninth time with the backing of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Internal strife, a lack of a common strategy and prioritisation of selfish interests have plagued opposition alliance prior to the Lok Sabha poll.

CM Nitish Kumar attacks ex Lalu-Rabri administrations during an official event with his deputy Tejashwi Yadav in attendance.

Speaking on a media query on invitations being extended to attend the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of Ram Mandir, JD(U) MP Kaushalendra Kumar said, “Kisi ke bete ka vivah hai, jo nauta de rahe hai. What is the need for this invitation? Kya kissi ke pita ka shraadh hai? Hume nauta nahi diya hai to kya hum Ayodhya nahi jayenge.”

JDU leader Lalan Singh alleged that he repeatedly requested Nitish Kumar to remove him from party's national president post.

JD(U) MLA Gopal Mandal landed in a controversy after getting caught on camera slapping a youth in Bihar’s Bhagalpur.

Kishor further stated that he would never join hands with Nitish Kumar again. "After Nitish Kumar cheated once, there is no question of allying with him even if he comes to us twenty times," Prashant Kishor said.

The JD(U) MP had also rejected the Bihar government's caste census released in October saying that the data has huge irregularities.

Only four Hindu festivals have been factored in which include Diwali (1), Durga Puja (3), Chhath Puja (3) and Holi (2). The total Hindu holidays account for nine days. Islamic holidays account for 11 days.

Amit Shah accused Bihar govt of deliberately inflating the population of Muslims and Yadavs in the caste census as part of its “appeasement politics”.