The Rabri Devi regime is back in Bihar. The chief minister was worn in on Saturday and immediately said that the new government would also comprise the Congress and BSP representatives and that the expansion would take place soon. The CPI(M) while supporting the government from outside shall not participate in the ministry. The Congress has not decided on its minisetrial nominees and discussions are on in Patna s well as in New Delhi. The NDA group stayed away from the swearing-in though the Congress and RJD members were present in full strength. The NDA constituent, Bihar Peoples party, was however present. The governor, V.N.Pandey, has given the Rabri government 10 days to prove its majority in the floor of the Assembly. The RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav has said that the new government would be a coalition and that a co-ordination committee would be set up to ensure better functioning among the constituents. The government would function on the basis of a common minimum programme.

The CPI(M) Politburo member Sitaram Yechuri has said that the installation of the new government had set right a wrong which had been committed by the governor when he had asked Nitish Kumar to become chief minister. He called upon the new chief minister to ensure that the new government carries out good work on the front of combating communalism in the state.