New Delhi, April 15 -- Samrat Choudhary was sworn in earlier in the day as the 24th Chief Minister of Bihar, marking the first time a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has assumed the state's top post.

He was sworn in by Governor Syed Ata Hasnain at Lok Bhawan in the presence of several dignitaries, including JD(U) president Nitish Kumar, who had stepped down as Chief Minister a day earlier, Union Minister and former BJP president JP Nadda, and Chirag Paswan, chief of the LJP (RV), the third-largest ally in Bihar's ruling NDA.

JD(U) leaders Bijendra Prasad Yadav and Vijay Kumar Chaudhary were appointed as deputy chief ministers in the Choudhary-led government on Wednesday.

For now, CM Samrat has retained nearly 30 portfolios, includi...