New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a record tenth time on Thursday during a grand ceremony at Patna's iconic Gandhi Maidan.

Samrat Chaudhary and Vikay Kumar Sinha also took the oath of office and secrecy among 26 ministers in the Nitish Kumar cabinet today. While Chaudhary and Sinha are expected to be deputy chief ministers, the portfolios would be allotted later.

Nitish Kumar submitted his resignation to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on 19 November.

Nitish Kumar became Bihar CM for the first time in 2000. The government collapsed within eight days. His next stint began in 2005. Since then, there has been no stopping him until 2014, when he resigned after JD(U)'s poor performance in the Lok Sabha ele...