63-year-old Kumar became the Chief Minister nine months after he stepped down owning moral responsibility for his
party JD(U)’s disastrous performance in the Lok Sabha election.
Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, Chief Ministers –Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal), Akhilesh Yadav (Uttar Pradesh), Tarun Gogoi (Assam) and INLD leader Abhay Chautala attended his swearing-in ceremony in Patna.