India, Nov. 20 -- Janata Dal United (JD-U) convenor Nitish Kumar on Thursday was sworn in as the chief minister of Bihar for a record 10th time at the Gandhi Maidan. Governor Arif Mohammad Khan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Nitish.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda, union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Anupriya Patel, Giriraj Singh, Nityanand Rai were among those present at the oath-taking ceremony.

Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, and 24 other ministers, eight from JD-U, 14 from the BJP, two from Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (LJP-R) and one each from Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) (HAM-S) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM), took oath in b...