Farooq Abdullah to attend Nitish’s swearing-in ceremony

On being asked about the invitation, Bihar BJP Vice President Sanjay Mayukh said that PM due to his “prior fixed programmes” might not be able to attend the ceremony.

Kumar, who was elected the leader of the Grand Alliance legislature party leader paving the way for his becoming the CM, told reporters outside Raj Bhawan after meeting Governor Ram Nath Kovind that he will take oath at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

Samajwadi Party MP from Mainpuri Tej Pratap Yadav, who is here in connection with Chhath observed by his mother-in-law Rabri Devi, confirmed that Yadav would attend the ceremony.

The newly-elected legislators of the JD-U had met at the residence of Nitish and had elected him as their leader. Lalu Prasad’s RJD won maximum 80 seats in bihar election whereas Nitish’s JDU won 71 seats alomg with 25 seats from congress party.

“Advani and Shatrughan Sinha have been invited to the event at Gandhi Maidan”.

NEW DELHI (TIP): n the first major political repercussion from the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) debacle in the Bihar assembly election, a quartet of veteran party stalwarts came out openly against the BJP leadership on Tuesday, calling for a “thorough review” of the influence being wielded by what they called “a handful”.

The Bihar Chief Minister had strongly supported the AAP government in its confrontations with the Centre on a range of issues. The mega “anti-NDA” function will be attended by a galaxy of non-NDA leaders, such as Congress vice- president Rahul Gandhi, former PM H D Deve Gowda, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal and CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury. It comes as a jolt to the grand alliance which was floated to counter the BJP in the state. This time people rejected BJP and voted for Nitish.

Without naming anyone, they said, “This review must not be done by the very persons who have managed and who have been responsible for the campaign in Bihar”.

The campaign leaders of the BJP could not understand the undercurrents prevailing against the party, he said.

This has sent the message across to voters that the BJP does not have a face in Bihar. He will be judged from now on only as the Prime Minister of India.