Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar was on Thursday sworn-in as the 33rd chief minister of Bihar.

He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Buta Singh at a public function at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

State Bharatiya Janata Party President Sushil Kumar Modi was sworn-in as the deputy chief minister of the JD(U)-BJP coalition government.

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The swearing-in ceremony was attended among others by several National Democratic Alliance leaders, including former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee, BJP president L K Advani, JD(U) leaders Sharad Yadav and Jaya Jaitely.

Akali Dal leader Prakash Singh Badal, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babulal Gaur and BJP leaders M Venkaiah Naidu, Uma Bharti, Arun Jaitely and Navjot Singh Siddhu also attended the function.

Here is the list of the council of ministers.

• Nand Kishore Yadav (BJP)
• Chandra Mohan Rai (BJP)
• Prem Kumar (BJP)
• Ashwini Kr Choubey (BJP)
• Janardan Singh Sigriwal (BJP)
• Ram Chandra Sahani (state minister) BJP
• Ramji Das Rishiraj(state minister) BJP
• Ramashray Pd Singh (JD-U)
• Narendra Singh (JD-U)
• Brishin Patel (JD-U)
• Monazir Hasan (JD-U)
• Ramnath Thakur (JD-U)
• Jitan Ram Manjhi (JD-U)
• Bijendra Pd Yadav (JD-U)
• Sudha Shrivastav (JD-U)
• Narendra Nr Yadav (state minister) (JD-U)
• Baidyanath Pd Mahto (state minister) (JD-U)
• Nitish Mishra (state minister) (JD-U)
• Vishwa Mohan Kr (state minister) (JD-U)
• Arjun Rai (state minister) (JD-U)
• Manjar Alam (state minister) (JD-U)
• Dr Anil Kumar (state minister) (JD-U)
• Gautam Singh (state minister) (JD-U)
• Ajit Kumar (state minister) (JD-U)
• Suchiltra A Sinha (state minister) (JD-U)

The portfolios are likely to be announced by Thursday evening.

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With Agency inputs