Nitish Kumar today took oath as Bihar Chief Minister with Bharatiya Janata Party as partner of his Janata Dal-United, within 24 hours of quitting the Grand Alliance. The BJP's Sushil Modi was sworn-in as the deputy chief minister. Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi administered the oath of office to Nitish Kumar at the Raj Bhavan in Patna. Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi sworn in as Chief Minister and Deputy CM of Bihar respectively, at Raj Bhawan in Patna. He can't ignore single largest party & largest prepoll alliance.

Source: India Today July 26, 2017 20:21 UTC