Jitan Ram Manjhi sworn in as new Bihar CM

A new Bihar government headed by Jitan Ram Manjhi as the 32nd Chief Minister was sworn in on Tuesday evening.

Governor D Y Patil who administered the oath to Manjhi and 17 ministers at a function at Raj Bhawan directed the new government to seek a trust vote on the floor of the House on May 23.

The new Cabinet comprised all ministers of the Nitish Kumar government. Vijay Chaudhary was the first to take oath after Manjhi. Vijendra Prasad Yadav, Narendra Singh, Brishen Patel, Ramai Ram and Bhim Singh followed.

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The Cabinet has one woman member, Lessi Singh and a Muslim, Shahid Ali Khan. Two independent candidates, Dulal Chand Goswami and Binay Bihari, were rewarded for supporting the government after it became a minority.

Manjhi was elected as CM by Nitish Kumar, who put in his papers following the poor performance of his party in the elections. Manjhi served as the SC/ST minister in Nitish Kumar's government. 

Minutes after he was sworn in as CM, prime minister-designate Narendra Modi greeted the Janata Dal-United leader and assured support in development of the state. “Congratulations to Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi on taking over as Bihar chief minister.... I wish him the very best and assure support in development of Bihar,” Modi tweeted.

BJP president Rajnath Singh and the senior party leader Sushil Kumar Modi also congratulated Manjhi.

Image: Jitan Ram Manjhi taking the oath as the new chief minister of Bihar. Photograph: ANI's Twitter page.