After swearing in, Nitish Kumar faces heat at home

Some JD(U) MPs express displeasure over decision to ally with the BJP

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Nitish Kumar with senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushil Kumar Modi at an oath-taking ceremony at Raj Bhawan in Patna on Thursday. Modi will be deputy chief minister . Photo: PTI

Satyavrat Mishra Archis Mohan Patna/New Delhi

Last Updated : Jul 28 2017 | 3:33 AM IST

Nitish Kumar took oath as the chief minister of Bihar for the sixth time on Thursday — with the support of old ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Sushil Kumar Modi, who had served as finance minister in the previous National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the state (2005-2013), was sworn-in as Nitish’s deputy.

His Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), has 10 Rajya Sabha and two Lok Sabha members. It will be accommodated in the Union council of ministers; on offer are a Cabinet berth and one or two ministers of state.

Soon after the swearing-in ceremony in Patna, Nitish

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