Jitan Ram Manjhi sworn in as 23rd Chief Minister of Bihar

Jitan Ram Manjhi was sworn in as the 23rd Chief Minister of Bihar in Patna on May 20, 2014. 

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Jitan Ram Manjhi is new Chief Minister of Bihar

Taking up the moral responsibility for his party JD(U) recent Lok Sabha elections debacle, Nitish Kumar quit as Chief Minister of Bihar and nominated his party's Makhdumpur (Jehanabad) MLA Jitan Ram Manjhi as the new Chief Minister of Bihar in Patna on May 19, 2014. Kumar was given the right to choose his successor by the JD(U) legislature party earlier in a meeting. Kumar along with Jitan Ram Manjhi, JD(U) national president Sharad Yadav and JD(U) state president Vashisht Narayan Singh met Bihar Governor Dr DY Patil and staked the claim to form the next government in the state.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui