Janata Dal party leader Nitish Kumar will take oath as Bihar’s Chief Minister this evening.
He has been asked by Governor KN Tripathi to prove his majority in the state Assembly on March 16.
Mr.Ntish Kumar said “With folded hands, I apologise to the people of Bihar. Never again will I take such a step. I am ready to lead from the front.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted her congratulations to Mr Kumar on Friday and she also mentioned that she would attend the swearing-in ceremony.
Mr Manjhi was chosen by Mr Kumar to replace him after their party, JD(U), crash-landed in the national election last year, winning just two parliamentary seats.
Last month, Mr Manjhi was asked to step aside to allow Mr Kumar’s return as Chief Minister as the party campaigns for the Bihar election due later this year.
The BJP’s support to Mr Manjhi was motivated by the twin factors of his powerful standing within the Mahadalits, an extremely poor and under-privileged caste in Bihar, and Mr Kumar’s status as the BJP’s enemy number 1.