Nitish Kumar says a big thank you to PM Narendra Modi

The Bihar elections were very tight, but CM Nitish Kumar managed to save his chief minister's chair from the challenge by RJD's Tejashwi Yadav. However, Nitish Kumar led party Janata Dal United did not fare well and the only reason that Nitish will be sworn in as the next chief minister is because the role played by the Bharatiya Janata Party in general and PM Narendra Modi in particular. Also, Amit Shah and JP Nadda too played huge roles in ensuring the NDA government survives.

And yes, the BJP has emerged as a larger party than the JDU and if all goes as per schedule, Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as chief minister, most likely after Diwali.

Nitish did not forget to personally thank PM Modi by tweeting his gratitude.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday "saluted" people for giving a majority to the NDA in Bihar and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his support.

"The people are our lord. I salute people for the majority they have given to the NDA. I am also thankful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the cooperation I have been receiving," Kumar tweeted in his first reaction after the ruling coalition won a majority in Bihar.

The NDA won 125 seats in the 243-member Bihar assembly against 110 clinched by the opposition Mahagathbandhan to pave the way for a fourth successive term for Kumar in the office. With the NDA getting a comfortable majority in the Bihar assembly, all eyes are now on the formation of the next government which will likely be sworn in soon.

Kumar, who looks on course to becoming the longest-serving chief minister of the state during his new term, will send his resignation to the governor since his current tenure expires at the end of November. The record is currently held by the state's first chief minister Srikrishna Sinha who was in office for 17 years and 52 days. Kumar has so far helmed the state for 14 years and 82 days.

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Upon being administered the oath of office, Kumar will also hold the distinction of having been sworn in seven times as chief minister in two decades. He first took oath as chief minister in 2000 when the state threw up a hung assembly but resigned a few days later for want of adequate number of MLAs backing him.