Tejashwi Prasad Yadav

The BJP has demanded his removal from the cabinet, alleging that an arrest warrant is pending against him in a 2014 kidnapping case, in which former Mokama MLA Anant Singh is also an accused.

Nitish Kumar has also kept with himself general administration, cabinet secretariat, election and any other departments not assigned to others, said an official communication.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav had promised 10 lakh jobs during the assembly polls of 2020.

The 33 years old younger son of the charismatic Lalu Prasad had steered the party to an impressive performance in the tightly contested 2020 assembly polls when it won the largest number of 75 seats, belying those who thought he will flounder since Prasad was in jail and the heir apparent lacked acumen.

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Nitish Kumar is expected to return as chief minister for the eighth time, after forming a new coalition government with the Tejashwi Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal.

The leader of the opposition had fumbled badly in the course of his address at the Bihar assembly premises here on Tuesday. His address had lasted barely 15 minutes.

Though the function was organised discreetly, reports said the engagement and wedding rituals were held in Sainik Farm area of the national capital.

''May he (Tejashwi) become the chief minister”, said the 35-year-old, who seemed to have been mollified after a brief meeting with mother Rabri Devi the previous day.

While politicians and pundits speculate a strong possibility of their coming together, the two young leaders, however, told prying journalists their meeting was a result of "family relations" that went back to ties shared by their fathers.

Prasad attacked the Nitish Kumar government over 'rampant corruption', alleged mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis and 'four murders' taking place in the state every day.

The RJD leader claimed that the bandh has support of Congress and other opposition parties that included left parties- CPI-ML, CPI(M) and CPI.

Tejashwi urged the people from Bihar living in West Bengal to stand with the ruling TMC, which is facing a stiff challenge from the BJP in its bid for a third straight term in office.

Tejashwi Yadav, during his first visit to Guwahati, said he has already spoken to Congress and will hold talks with the AIUDF later in the day to formalise the alliance.

Hitting out at the NDA government of Nitish Kumar, Yadav said it per the 2021-2022 budget that it will provide 20 lakh employment opportunities but it has not explained how it will be done.

Leader of the opposition Tejashwi Yadav, who shared a screenshot of the letter on his Twitter handle, expressed outrage.

Opposition parties in Bihar had staged a dharna at Gate Number 4 of Gandhi Maidan, Patna, on December 5, despite being warned by local authorities repeatedly that the assembly would be in violation of COVID-19 guidelines.

Shortly after Mewa Lal Chaudhary resigned, Tejashwi Yadav had attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for inducting into his cabinet a "corrupt" person.

"It was undoubtedly a mandate for change. The NDA won by dhan, bal and chhal (money, muscle power and deceit," Tejashwi Yadav told a press conference after he was elected the leader of the five-party Grand Alliance, which gave a stiff competition to the NDA before the latter scraped through.

The Bihar mandate may have given NDA another chance to rule the state, but it led to dip in the stature of the incumbent chief minister Nitish Kumar whose party Janata Dal (United) won just 43 seats and polled 15 percent votes, a dip from 71 seats and over 40 percent vote share in 2015 elections.