Thursday’s ceremony marks a full circle for Nitish Kumar - from a leader who couldn’t sustain a government for a week to one returning to power for 10th time.

Twenty-five years after his brief seven-to-eight-day tenure as chief minister in 2000, Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar is set to take oath as Bihar CM for a record 10th time on Thursday. The 75-year-old was unanimously elected leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) legislature party on Wednesday and will be sworn-in at a mega ceremony in Patna's Gandhi Maidan at 11.30 am. Track live updates

The NDA secured an emphatic win, securing 202 seats in the 243-member Bihar legislative assembly.

Nitish Kumar's 10th oath-taking stands in sharp contrast to his very first stint in 2000, when he served as chief ministe

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