The 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly commenced with Pro-tem Speaker G Sudhakaran administering oaths to newly elected MLAs. Several legislators chose solemn affirmation over religious oath-taking, while members also took oath in multiple languages including Malayalam, Tamil, English and Kannada-Malayalam
Narendra Modi congratulated newly sworn ministers in Bihar’s expanded NDA cabinet, expressing confidence in their development agenda. Thirty-two leaders, including Nishant Kumar, took oath in a Patna ceremony
While three ministers Amit Mitra, Bratya Basu and Rathin Ghosh took their oath virtually. The rest -- 40 ministers were divided into three groups -- Cabinet, MOS (Independent Charge) and MoS and they took their oath together