NDA alliance has won a bumper victory in Bihar Assembly elections 2025. Along with this, NDA is going to form a coalition government in Bihar. On this special occasion, JDU leader Nitish Kumar is going to take oath as CM on Thursday (20 November 2025) at Gandhi Maidan in Patna. Everyone’s eyes are fixed on Nitish Kumar. He will take oath as CM for the 10th time, which is a record in itself. Nitish Kumar, who has been in power continuously since 2005, has seen many political ups and downs in two decades, changed alliances, changed governments, but did not leave the chair.

In the meeting of the legislature party of the NDA alliance, he was unanimously elected leader on Wednesday (19 November 2025), after which he will once again become the CM of Bihar. Nitish Kumar’s journey to the post of CM, which started from March 2000, has now completed almost 19 years and 93 days. During this period, Jitan Ram Manjhi was the Chief Minister only once from May 2014 to February 2015, the rest of the time the command of Bihar remained in the hands of Nitish. However, the thing to note is that if Nitish Kumar completes his tenure once again, then he can hold the record of being the Chief Minister of the country for the longest period. However, he already holds the record of being the Chief Minister of Bihar for the longest period. Behind him are only Shri Krishna Singh, Rabri Devi, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra.

Grand swearing in ceremony at Gandhi Maidan

Another term of Nitish Kumar is going to start, which will strengthen his political power once again. A grand swearing-in ceremony is going to be held at Gandhi Maidan in Patna on Thursday, in which Chief Ministers of many states including Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present. Two Deputy Chief Ministers and about 20 ministers can take oath along with Nitish Kumar. In the recently held assembly elections, BJP won 89 seats and JDU won 85 seats, giving a big victory to NDA. In this assembly elections, RJD got only 25 seats, Congress got 6 and AIMIM got 5 seats.

Longest serving Chief Minister in the country – will Nitish become number 1?

If Nitish Kumar completes his new term, he can reach the top position in the list of leaders who have been Chief Minister for the longest time in the country. The current record is as follows:

India’s longest tenured Chief Minister

Pawan Kumar Chamling (Sikkim) – 24 years 165 days

Naveen Patnaik (Odisha) – 24 years 99 days

Jyoti Basu (West Bengal) – 23 years 137 days

Gegong Apang (Arunachal) – 22 years 250 days

Lal Thanhawla (Mizoram) – 22 years 60 days

Virbhadra Singh (Himachal) – 21 years 13 days

Manik Sarkar (Tripura) – 19 years 363 days

Nitish Kumar (Bihar) – 19 years 93 days

If the next five years pass without any interruption, this record will definitely be in the name of Nitish Kumar.

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Even a day before the formation of the new government in Bihar, a tussle is going on among the NDA allies for a share in the cabinet. Sources gave this information. JDU National President Nitish Kumar will take oath as Chief Minister for the tenth time on November 20 at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna. BJP sources say that the party will retain most of the faces from the outgoing cabinet and three new faces are being considered. JDU may retain its present ministers in the new government.

Many top leaders of NDA including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Chief Ministers of various states will attend the swearing-in ceremony. BJP sources said that Shah may reach Patna on Wednesday night. Sources said that a consensus has been reached among NDA allies regarding the post of Assembly Speaker. BJP’s Prem Kumar can be made the president, while JDU will get the post of vice president.

How many new faces from BJP-JDU will be included in the cabinet?

According to sources, the new cabinet will include five to six new faces from NDA’s main constituents – BJP and JDU. Newly elected MLA from Mahnar and JDU state president Umesh Singh Kushwaha is also likely to join the cabinet. While JDU may retain its current ministers in the new government, BJP may bring in some new faces. Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas), Jitan Ram Manjhi’s ‘Hum’ and Upendra Kushwaha’s RLM will also get representation.

How many ministers can take oath?

Sources said, “LJP (Ram Vilas) is likely to get three posts in the new cabinet, while ‘Hum’ and RLM may be given one post each. On November 20, a maximum of 16 ministers from BJP and 14 ministers from JDU, including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, will take oath.”

Which leaders from JDU can become ministers?

JDU leaders who are likely to be included in the new cabinet include Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Shravan Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Lacey Singh, Sheela Mandal, Madan Sahni, Ratnesh Sada, Mohammad Jama Khan, Jayant Raj, Umesh Singh Kushwaha and Ashok Chaudhary. Other possible names include Rahul Kumar Singh, Sudhanshu Shekhar, Kaladhar Prasad Mandal and Panna Lal Singh Patel.

Which BJP leaders can remain in the cabinet?

BJP sources say that the party will retain most of the faces from the outgoing cabinet and three new faces are being considered. Those who are likely to be retained in the cabinet include Samrat Chaudhary, Prem Kumar, Mangal Pandey, Vijay Kumar Sinha, Nitish Mishra, Renu Devi, Jeevesh Kumar, Neeraj Kumar Singh, Janak Ram, Hari Sahni, Kedar Prasad Gupta, Surendra Mehta, Santosh Kumar Singh, Sunil Kumar and Moti Lal Prasad.

Apart from this, the possible new faces of BJP include former IPS officer Anand Mishra (elected from Buxar), Rana Randhir, Gayatri Devi and Vijay Kumar Khemka.