New Delhi. The people of Bihar have again handed over the reins of the state to Nitish Kumar. They have chosen Nitish as their new CM. On Thursday, Nitish Kumar took oath as the CM of Bihar for the 10th time. Let us tell you that before this he has taken oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar 9 times. With this, he has also set a record for taking oath as CM for the maximum number of times in the country.
Despite becoming CM for the 10th time, Nitish Kumar is not the Chief Minister who has held the post of CM for the longest period. This record is in the name of former Sikkim CM Pawan Kumar Chamling. If Nitish Kumar wants to break this record, he will have to remain on the post of CM for the next 6 years.
Let us tell you that Nitish Kumar has taken charge of the post of CM 9 times till now and took oath as CM for the 10th time on Thursday. He became CM for the first time in the year 2000 for 7 days. He has traveled a journey of more than 18 years as a CM. Till date in the history of Bihar, no leader had held the post of CM for such a long time. With this, if he continues to hold the post of CM for a further 6 years, then he will also hold the record of holding the post of CM for the longest period in the country.
The former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is Jayalalitha, who held the post of Chief Minister of the state six times from 1991 to 2016. Jayalalitha, popularly known as ‘Amma’, first assumed office in 1991 as the youngest CM of Tamil Nadu. His tenure was special for centralizing rights and starting social welfare programs. The third name in this list is that of former Sikkim CM Pawan Kumar Chamling, who had taken oath as the CM of the state 5 times from 1994 to 2019. With this, he is the first person to remain CM in the country for the longest period and till now this record is in his name. As a CM, he served as CM for 24 years and 165 days.
Along with Pawan Kumar Chamling, former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and former West Bengal CM Jyoti Basu have also taken oath as Chief Minister 5 times. Naveen Patnaik took power in Odisha for the first time on March 5, 2000, but his party faced defeat in the assembly elections held in the year 2024 and he remained the CM for 24 years and 99 days till June 12, 2024.
At the same time, former CM of West Bengal Jyoti Basu has also made the record of becoming the Chief Minister 5 times. He first took power in Bengal in 1977 while holding the post of CM. He remained the CM of West Bengal till the year 2000. During this period, he took oath as CM of the state 5 times.