Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar Thursday for the record tenth time. No Indian politician has taken oath as the chief minister of a state as many times as the engineer-turned politician, though there are chief ministers with longer durations in office. However, the moot question is how long will he remain in the office? Though his party, JD(U), has won almost twice the number of seats compared to the 2020 Bihar election, he is more vulnerable than before. With 85 seats for his party and 89 for the BJP, "Sushashan Babu" as Nitish Kumar is called, should be much more secure than before, but it is ironic that he finds himself on an unstable chair.

Nitish Kumar: Bihar Chief Minister

With 202 members in the 243-member Bihar assembly, the ruling coalition of NDA enjoys

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