New Delhi, April 10 On Friday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha.
The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan in his chamber during a brief ceremony.
Kumar took the oath in Hindi in the presence of Union Minister J P Nadda, who is also the leader of the house, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, along with Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal.
JDU leader and party's working president Sanjay Kumar Jha, along with Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, and BJP MP and former union minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy, were also present during the oath-taking.
As Kumar assumes the Rajya Sabha role, it marks the end of his tenure in Bihar. The NDA is likely to elect a new chief minister of Bihar on April 14.
