The first session of the 18th Assembly of Bihar began on Monday (December 01, 2025) with the swearing-in of newly elected MLAs. Protem Speaker Narendra Narayan Yadav, appointed by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, administered the oath to the newly elected members of the House. The formats of the oath were made available to all the MLAs of the 243-member House of Bihar in five languages, Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Urdu and Maithili. While taking oath, Vibha Devi, JDU MLA from Nawada and wife of strongman Rajballabh Yadav, got stuck several times.

JDU MLA calls oath continuous

Vibha Devi’s video has started going viral on social media. Vibha Devi was somehow reciting the oath in the House. Meanwhile, he asked MLA Manorama Devi sitting nearby to tell him. Department Devi said the oath continuously.

Vibha Devi said in the house – ‘Don’t say anything…’

While reciting the oath, Vibha Devi said, “I always pray to God…” During this, she said to the JDU MLA Manorama Devi sitting nearby, “Don’t speak small…” When Vibha Devi was stumbling intermittently while reciting the oath, Manorama Devi helped her in between.

JDU MLA from Nawada Vibha Devi got stuck several times while reading the affidavit in Bihar Assembly. He sought help from MLA Manorama Devi sitting nearby and on her prompting, somehow completed the oath in broken words. Bahubali is the wife of Rajballabh Yadav.#BiharAssembly #VibhaDevi @Jduonline pic.twitter.com/NUUf9xJzex

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Who took oath in which language?

On the other hand, other MLAs in the House took oath in different languages. Many MLAs coming from Mithilanchal region took oath in Maithili, including minister Arun Shankar Prasad and singer Maithili Thakur, the youngest MLA elected from Alinagar. Some MLAs from the minority community and members of Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM took oath in Urdu.

Janata Dal (United) MLA from Sonbarsa Ratnesh Sada and some other members took oath in Sanskrit. Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) MLA Vishnu Dev Paswan took oath in English. Many MLAs raised slogans like ‘Jai Bihar’, ‘Jai Bharat’, ‘Bihar Zindabad’, ‘Seemanchal Zindabad’ and ‘Jai Bhim’ while taking the oath. Let us tell you that this is the first session of the Assembly in which the proceedings will be conducted completely through digital medium.

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