Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar will take oath today as Bihar's Chief Minister for the fifth time. The swearing in ceremony will take place at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi at Nitish Kumar's oath taking ceremony at Patna's Gandhi Maidan, earlier today.
United Opposition at Gandhi Maidan: Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal with Lalu Prasad and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was seen with RJD chief Lalu Yadav before the oath taking ceremony
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, whose flight was delayed by more than an hour, is on his way to Patna Maidan
Ram Vichar Rai, Shiv Chandra Ram, Shailesh Kumar, Manju Verma and Santosh Nirala take oath in Nitish Kumar's cabinet.
Other leaders who have taken oath include Rajeev Ranjan Singh, Shravan Kumar, Chandrika Rai, Avdhesh Singh, Lallan Singh, Krishna Nandan Verma, Maheshwar Hazari and Abdul Jalil Mastan
Next to take oath of office in Nitish Kumar's cabinet is Alok Kumar Mehta.
Jay Kumar Singh takes oath as a minister in Nitish Kumar's cabinet.
Bijendra Prasad Yadav takes oath as a Minister in Bihar cabinet.
Abdul Bari Siddiqui takes oath of office as Minister in Nitish Kumar's cabinet.
Lalu Yadav's son Tej Pratap Yadav takes oath as a minister in Nitish Kumar cabinet. He was asked to repeat hos oath after a flub.
Lalu Yadav's son Tejaswi Pratap Yadav takes oath. He will be Bihar's new Deputy Chief Minister.
Nitish Kumar takes oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu with Lalu Prasad Yadav at Gandhi Maidan.
Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit arrives at Gandhi Maidan.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will not be present at Nitish Kumar's swearing in.
Lalu Yadav's sons Tejaswi and Tej Pratap Yadav touch Nitish Kumar's feet
Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar hug each other ahead of the oath taking ceremony at Gandhi Maidan.
Nitish Kumar waves to the crowd, will take oath as Bihar Chief Minister shortly.
Lalu Yadav's sons- Tejaswi and Tej Pratap Yadav are on stage, among those who will take oath.
Left leader Sitaram Yechury, DMK Leader M Karunanidhi's son MK Stalin and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of Odisha will also be present at the oath taking ceremony.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and his father Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference will attend the event.
Lalu Yadav's family arrives for Nitish Kumar's swearing-in ceremony at Gandhi Maidan in Patna
Preparations underway at Patna's Gandhi Maidan for Nitish Kumar's oath taking ceremony.
Vijendra Yadav, Lalan Singh, Madan Sahni and Kapileswar Kamat from Janata Dal (United) and Tejpratap Yadav , Abdul Bari Siddiqui , Chandrika Rai , Alok Mehta from Rashtriya Janta Dal are likely to be inducted in the Cabinet.
Ashok Choudhary , Avadesh Singh , Abdul Jalil Mastan and Madan Mohan Jha from Congress are likely to be included in Nitish Kumar's Cabinet.
The swearing in ceremony will take place at Patna's Gandhi Maidan at 2pm.