Bihar Govt formation: Oath-taking ceremony on November 20 at Gandhi Maidan, says BJP leader

Rashtriya Lok Morcha chief Upendra Kushwaha says, "...This is final... Nitish Kumar is going to be the Chief Minister again..." On Akhilesh Yadav's statement regarding vote theft, he says, "...The people they are talking about aren't saying anything at all... If there had been theft, people would have spoken up... These people should understand that this is a pointless issue. If they keep pushing such an issue, this is the ruin they'll face. If they're still not in their senses, then their God is their master."

Over party meeting on Assembly election results, Bihar RJD President Mangani Lal Mandal says, "Vote ka kheel hua hai EVM ke dwara... Rs 10,000 was an eyewash. Money was openly distributed before elections...For fair elections, ballots should be used..."

On the party meeting over the Assembly election results, RJD leader Sanjeev Kumar says, " It is a matter of investigation how such an unexpected result came after SIR. Rs 10,000 was an eyewash, and something else has happened. In each Assembly segment, 30,000-40,000 voters have increased."

Soon after the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) suffered its worst-ever defeat in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya made explosive allegations against her own family. In an emotional social-media post, she announced that she was cutting all ties with her family and was also quitting politics. Her posts triggered discussions about the growing feud in the Yadav family and also brought attention to her personal life, including her husband, children and in-laws. Read the full story here 

Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD) leader and newly elected MLA from Raghopur, Tejashwi Yadav, has been elected as the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The decision was taken after a meeting of RJD MLAs at Tejashwi Yadav’s residence in Patna. The meeting was convened to review the Mahagathbandhan’s big defeat in the Bihar elections, where the coalition suffered a crushing loss to the NDA. The NDA secured 202 of the 243 seats in the Bihar Assembly, while the Mahagathbandhan managed only 35, with the RJD winning just 25. Read the full story here. 

On the results of the Bihar elections, Independent MP from Purnea, Pappu Yadav says, "...After postal ballots, there's an 80% lead for the INDIA alliance, and you've gained the lead in the EVMs. No trust can be placed in the EVMs at all. I have a question regarding the EVM."

After NDA achieved a decisive victory in Bihar elections, Union Minister Chirag Paswan met Union Education minister and BJP's Bihar election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday to congratulate. 

The party has called a review meeting at Tejashwi Yadav's residence. Along with the newly elected MLAs, several senior party leaders are arriving for the meeting. Lalu, Rabri, and Misa also arrived at Tejashwi's official residence.

The swearing-in ceremony of the new government in Bihar is likely to take place in Patna on November 20, official sources said on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other top leaders of the NDA, including union ministers, are expected to take part in the oath-taking event, they said. Earlier in the day, Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal told reporters that the newly elected legislators will meet on Tuesday to elect their legislature party leader. “Most likely, the oath-taking ceremony of the new government will take place either on November 20 or November 21,” he said.

JDU leader Ashok Choudhary said, "The cabinet has been dissolved today, and a new cabinet will be formed soon. We have been saying from day one that there is no vacancy for the post of Chief Minister..." Regarding the statement by RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Rohini Acharya, he said, "When someone's family breaks up, it is sad and painful."

After the Bihar Cabinet meeting, JD(U) leader Vijay Chaudhary said, "In today’s Cabinet meeting, it was decided that the current government will be dissolved by November 19, and the Chief Minister has given the recommendation letter to the Governor. The NDA has registered a historic majority under the leadership of CM Nitish Kumar, and everyone has congratulated him for this. So far, only these steps have been taken."

On Rohini Acharya, daughter of former Bihar CM and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, BJP leader Vijay Sinha says, "Disrespecting a daughter will lead to RJD's downfall."

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday chaired the last Cabinet meeting of the outgoing government and arrived at the Raj Bhavan to tender his resignation and stake claim to form a new NDA government following the alliance's sweeping victory in the Assembly elections.

Bihar Minister and BJP leader Nitin Nabin, speaking on the Bihar Cabinet meeting paving the way for the formation of a new government, said: "The process of forming a new government begins, and the resignation will happen, and that will also pave the way for the formation of the new government. We will work to fulfil our resolutions."

Reacting to  Rohini Acharya, daughter of former Bihar CM and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, quitting politics and leaving the family, Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) custodian Jitan Ram Manjhi said, "Politics is separate, but from a human perspective, I consider it very tragic that Rohini Acharya and the other sisters had to leave the house."

On Bihar elections, State Minister and JDU MLA Zama Khan said, "The person and the government that has worked wins. The NDA has done the work... The public of Bihar has shown that they want development and brotherhood."

Jan Suraj founder Prashant Kishor will hold a press conference on the results of Bihar Assembly elections and the further journey of his party in Bihar at 11:30 am today.

 Bihar CM Nitish Kumar leaves from his residence in Patna. He will hold a cabinet meeting today.

Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tarkishore Prasad met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at the Chief Minister's residence.

BJP leader Ram Kripal Yadav said, "I want to express my deep gratitude to the people of Bihar who have given immense support and blessings to the NDA. Just as the people have once again expressed their trust in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, we all will work to take Bihar forward under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar..."

Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal said, "Tomorrow morning at 10 AM, there will be a meeting of the BJP Legislature Party at BJP's Atal Sabhaghar, and in the meeting of the Legislature Party, BJP will choose its leader, our observers from the center will also come, and then there will be an NDA meeting, and then the work of government formation will be completed. By the 21st, the work of government formation will be completed."

On RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya’s statement, Shiv Sena-UBT leader Anand Dubey said, "When a rift develops in any family, others take advantage of it. Lalu Prasad Yadav has had a long political career. Today, both his sons are in politics, but they are in different directions. We want both sons to unite. If someone is mistreating Rohini Acharya, who donated her kidney to Lalu Prasad Yadav, this should not happen... Problems in Lalu Prasad Yadav's family should be resolved, and his entire family should come together and work towards the development of Bihar..."

Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) supremo Jitan Ram Manjhi and Rashtriya Lok Morcha president Upendra Kushwaha have held separate meetings with Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who was the BJP's election in-charge in Bihar, at his residence. The BJP's in-charge of political affairs in Bihar, Vinod Tawde, was also present when the two NDA allies visited Pradhan's residence on Sunday. This comes amid the NDA's preparations to form a government in Bihar after its landslide victory in the state assembly polls.

NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar has said he intends to raise the issue of pre-election fund transfers to women under a government scheme in Bihar during his discussions with Opposition leaders. "The poll outcome turned out different from our expectations; however, one has to accept the mandate of the people. Everyone saw that in Maharashtra and Bihar, schemes like Ladki Bahin and direct benefit transfers of Rs 10,000 to women were rolled out just before the polls. Such things were never witnessed earlier," Pawar told reporters in Solapur on Sunday. He was referring to the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana, which provides money to a woman member of each family for setting up a business in Bihar. Under the scheme, Rs 10,000 each was transferred to the bank accounts of women in Bihar ahead of the state polls. (PTI)

The swearing-in ceremony of the next government in Bihar will take place in Patna on November 20, said sources on Sunday, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely attend it. Apart from him, several top leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), including union ministers and chief ministers of the coalition ruled states, will be present at the oath-taking ceremony. The development comes after top leaders of the NDA, including Janata Dal United (JDU) working president Sanjay Kumar Jha, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi and discussed about the government formation in Bihar. READ
 

LJP (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Sunday voiced support for Rohini Acharya’s emotional outburst over her rights as a daughter, saying he understood the pain reflected in her statements. Without directly commenting on her allegations, Paswan urged the Lalu Prasad Yadav family to settle the dispute at the earliest. Paswan said no daughter should feel that her parental home stops belonging to her after marriage. “I do not agree with the mindset that a married woman’s only home is her in-laws’ place. I could feel the emotion in Rohini’s words. I hope this matter ends soon,” he said. READ

A major rift has erupted within Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's family following the party's heavy defeat in the recently-concluded Bihar Assembly elections. His daughter Rohini Acharya has accused her brother and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav of serious misconduct. She also announced her decision to quit politics and cut ties with the family. So far, Tejashwi Yadav has not issued any statement on the matter. However, reacting to Lalu's family dispute, Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani said that internal tensions often surface after electoral setbacks. He remarked that blaming a single individual is not the correct approach. Sahani added that leaders should introspect and move forward by learning from their mistakes. READ
 

On his niece Rohini Acharya's statements, RJD leader Rabri Devi's brother Sadhu Yadav said, "... What is right and what is wrong will be investigated. If someone has said what she claims, then it is wrong. She is the daughter of the family, and also older than most. If anyone has said anything wrong to her, they are wrong. She has the right to decide whatever she wants to. Who is stopping her?... I don't want to name anyone. If you are staying in my house, will you not live according to me? If you do not live according to me, you will be thrown out. It is Rohini's house too. Her parents and siblings are all living there. She has the right to, and she should have rightfully thrown out the person who forced her to leave... Rohini has the right to raise objections against an outsider living in her house..."

On the Bihar election results, CPI(M-L) leader Dipankar Bhattacharya said, "This result is not only contrary to our expectations, it is also beyond our understanding. This unprecedented election result deserves a thorough review. Three things happened in Bihar before or during the election period, which were unique experiments for the country. One was SIR, the other was the massive transfer of cash, and the third was a huge corporate deal with Adani in the middle of the election... Due to raising such same questions, RK Singh had to leave the BJP..."

On the Bihar elections, Congress MP Rajeev Shukla said, "...Some people have started blaming Rahul Gandhi. Recently, during the Lok Sabha elections, the performance was so good and the government was almost formed, everyone was praising Rahul Gandhi... He conducted a 15-day Voter Rights Yatra. He went everywhere. Priyanka Gandhi also went regularly. Kharge ji went to campaign despite his age. Venugopal ji also went there dozens of times. So it's not that there was any lack of effort. Every effort was made. But where the Election Commission is supporting, and where money is being used and power is being misused, it becomes very difficult (to win), and that is what happened."

BJP's newly elected MLA from Alinagar constituency, folk singer Maithili Thakur said, "It feels nice. My work starts now. We fought the election and now it's time to get to work... We are deciding on how to go about our work. We have to stand to up to people's expectations and work on delivering all the promises we have made. I have to work a lot in my constituency. There are a lot of challenges too... I have become part of the organisation and I will learn a lot about politics along the way..."

On NDA's landslide victory in the Bihar elections, Karnataka Minister Satish Jarkiholi said, "We did not expect this would happen. Don't know what happened at a local level. The party will have to study this. We should start planning from now what to do differently in the next elections after five years..."

Union Minister and HAM(S) founder Jitan Ram Manjhi met Union Minister and BJP Bihar election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan in Delhi on Sunday, asserting that Nitish Kumar will be the face for the Chief Minister's post. Manjhi told news agency ANI that his discussion with Pradhan would not involve any ministerial positions, "We will not discuss any ministerial position. I need to discuss certain issues with him. One thing is clear: Nitish Kumar will be the face for the Chief Minister's post."

Rashtriya Lok Morcha chief Upendra Kushwaha met with Union Minister and BJP Bihar election incharge Dharmendra Pradhan in the national capital on Sunday. He stated that all the details regarding the new government formation in Bihar would be clear in the next few days. Speaking to reporters in Patna before arriving in Delhi, he said, "The formality to form the new government will be done, and it will be clear in the next two to four days. I have conducted a meeting with our MLAs. Similarly, other parties will also conduct their own meeting. Then, based on that, further proceedings will be conducted. Nitish Kumar will remain the Chief Minister face".

Businessman Robert Vadra said, "...My religious tour is across the nation, but it always starts from here. The nation wants change. The youth do not like the government's wrongdoing. We will fight for democracy. I am here, and I will pray for my family. You will see there will be a change. The people of Bihar are not happy. Everything happened because of the EC. The EC assisted. No one agrees with the results. Rahul Ji is meeting everyone, and the youth will join him. There will be a movement to save the democracy. These elections were not proper. There should be a re-election. The results will flip. I am going to Ujjain from here..." 

On the Bihar election results, Businessman Robert Vadra said, "The government that has just been formed must fulfil the promises it has made... Rahul will be among the people there tomorrow. Many young people are joining him, and it will be a movement in its own way. He made it clear that the EC is helping the BJP... People are not happy with the results. But Rahul and Priyanka will continue to work hard, and we have to save democracy across the country; that is the most important thing... This fight will continue, and everyone feels that it is harmful for the country. There will be no progress without fair elections. This is what everyone thinks..."  

Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughters Ragini Yadav, Chanda Yadav, and Raj Lakshmi Yadav, along with their families, reached RJD leader Misa Bharti's residence late last night.

Union Minister and HAM(S) founder Jitan Ram Manjhi said on Sunday that the swearing-in ceremony of the new Bihar Chief Minister will be held at Gandhi Maidan, but the date will be finalised once Prime Minister Narendra Modi confirms it. "On Monday, the Chief Minister will hold the final cabinet meeting, give his vote of thanks, and submit his resignation to the Governor," he said.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will chair the last  meeting of the outgoing cabinet. According to a notification of the cabinet secretariat department, the council of ministers will meet on Monday, when, according to a senior JD(U) leader, a resolution will be passed to "authorise" Kumar to meet the governor with the proposal to dissolve the outgoing assembly. The NDA won a brute majority, bagging more than 200 seats of the 243-strong assembly, with BJP winning the maximum of 89 seats, followed by the JD(U)'s tally of 85, while Union minister Chirag Paswan’s LJP(RV) bagged 19, and another nine were won by smaller partners HAM and RLM.