<span style="color: #333333;">A five-day session of the Bihar assembly began today. The session will continue till November 27. This is the first session after the assembly elections in the state. All newly elected MLAs were tested for Covid-19 in view of the pandemic.<br />'' <br />'' Out of 243 newly elected members 190 were administered  oath by the pro-tem speaker Jitan Ram Manjhi. Remaining members will take oath tomorrow. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is a member of legislative council, was not present during the oath ceremony.<br />'' <br />''Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad took oath first. Later the second Deputy Chief Minister Renu Devi took oath. Among ministers Vijay Kumar Choudhary was the first minister who took oath. Besides Opposition leader Tejaswi Yadav leader of CPI( ML )  Mehboob Alam also took oath.<br />'' <br />''New assembly speaker will be elected on 25th November . The next day, Governor Phagu Chauhan will address the joint session of the State legislature. On the last day of the session vote of thanks and government reply will be given.<br />'' <br />''</span>In the new assembly, NDA has 125 seats. An independent MLA has also extended his support to the ruling alliance.<br />''  <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports that out of 243 members 190 members of assembly were administered oath by the pro-tem speaker Jitan Ram Manjhi. Remaining members will take oath tomorrow. Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad took oath first. Later the second Deputy Chief Minister Renu Devi took oath. Among ministers Vijay Kumar Choudhary was the first minister who took oath. Besides opposition leader Tejaswi Yadav CPI (ML) leader Mehboob Alam also took oath. <br />''<br />''Most of the members took oath in Hindi language. Some members took oath in Urdu,Maithali, Sanskrit and English.  New assembly speaker will be elected on November 25. The next day, Governor Phagu Chauhan will address joint session of State legislature. On the last day of session vote of thanks and government reply will be given.</span>