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Bihar CM Oath Taking Ceremony: After NDA’s massive victory in Bihar assembly elections, Nitish Kumar is once again going to take charge of power. Nitish Kumar is going to take oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the 10th time today i.e. on 20th November. The swearing-in ceremony of the Chief Minister will take place today at 11:30 am. During this time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also be present, apart from this, Chief Ministers of 20 states and senior leaders of NDA are also expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.
Regarding Nitish Kumar taking oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the 10th time, this question is arising in the minds of many people that which is the leader who has taken oath as the Chief Minister the most number of times. Is Nitish Kumar’s name also included in this list? So today let us tell you who is the leader who has taken oath as CM the most number of times.
Leader who took oath most number of times
Bihar leader Nitish Kumar also holds the record for taking oath as Chief Minister most number of times in Indian politics. He has taken oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar nine times so far and this will be his tenth swearing-in ceremony. Nitish Kumar has remained at the center of Bihar politics since 2005. Since 2005, alliances have changed in Bihar, equations have changed, but for the last 20 years, Nitish Kumar’s dominance has remained on the Chief Minister’s chair. This time, even after the big victory of NDA in the assembly elections, he was elected the leader of the legislative party and now he is going to form the government in Bihar again.
Who is the leader who has been CM for the longest time in the country?
Nitish Kumar has taken oath as Chief Minister the most number of times in the country in terms of the number of oath taking oaths. However, Nitish is still behind many leaders like Kumar in terms of serving as Chief Minister for the longest period. The record of serving as Chief Minister for the longest period in Indian politics is in the name of Pawan Kumar Chamling, who has been the Chief Minister of Sikkim. Nitish Kumar is currently at 8th place in this list. If he remains the Chief Minister till 2030, he can be included in the top-3 of this list.
List of leaders who have been CM for the longest time
- 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 Pradesh) – 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
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