NEW DELHI/PATNA: As the swearing-in ceremony ended at Patna's Gandhi Maidan Thursday, CM Nitish Kumar took PM Modi 's hand and lifted it with his to greet a large cheering crowd, marking the new dynamic in their relationship since the JDU president rejoined NDA in Jan 2024. The transformation could not have been starker compared to their headline-grabbing photo-op in 2009 at a NDA rally in Ludhiana, which brought out the JDU chief's unease with the then Gujarat CM. The sight at Gandhi Maidan was a metaphor of the ease in their ties, emphasised in the presence of Modi, Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh besides the gamut of chief ministers from BJP and allies. Nitish took oath along with 26 ministers, 14 from BJP, eight from JDU and four from three other allies as NDA loo

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