Nitish to take charge as Bihar CM today, Lalu's son Tejaswi likely deputy CM

Senior Janata Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar will on Friday take the oath of office of Chief Minister of Bihar for the fifth time. The ceremony will be held at Gandhi Maidan in Patna at 2 p.m.

Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad's sons, first-time MLA Tejaswi Prasad Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav, will be sworn in as cabinet ministers in the new government. Tejaswi is rumoured to be appointed deputy Chief Minister.

Governor Ramnath Kovind will also administer the oath of office and secrecy to the council of ministers belonging to RJD, JD (U) and Congress parties.

The majority of ministerial berths will go to RJD as it has secured 80 assembly seats, more than JD (U) and Congress, making it the senior partner in the coalition government.

From RJD, senior leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Srinarayan Yadav, Alok Kumar Mehta, Prof Chandrashekhar and Chandrika Rai could get cabinet posts.

In JD(U), Vijendra Prasad Yadav, Shrawan Kumar, Narendra Narayan Yadav, Mewa Lal Chaudhary and MLC Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, are prominent leaders which may be inducted in Nitish Kumar cabinet.

Among Congress leaders, party's state president and MLC Ashok Chaudhary and newly elected MLA Abdul Jalil Mastan are prominent names for ministerial berth.

Besides many political dignitaries, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and chief ministers of nine states mostly Congress ruled provinces will attend the programme. Mamata Banerjee, Akhilesh Yadav, Arvind Kejrwal and Tarun Gogoi are prominent names among them. Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu and Rajiv Pratap Rudy would attend the swearing in ceremony as representatives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Tight security arrangements have been made at venue and in the state capital in view of the high profile event. Around five thousand security personnel have been deployed and CCTV cameras have been fixed for surveillance.