MUMBAI: Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar, who played a major role in grand alliance against BJP in Bihar called Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today and invited him for his oath taking ceremony, to be held in Bihar on November 20.

“Nitish Kumar has called me personally and invited me to attend his oath taking ceremony at Bihar. But I told him that I would not be able to come for the ceremony instead senior leaders and ministers of my party, including Subhash Desai and Ramdas Kadam will surely attend the ceremony," Thackeray told reporters at his Bandra residence 'Matoshree.'

Thackeray also assured Nitish Kumar that he will meet him personally as he will visit Bihar in the December, said Sena sources. Sena chief had called Nitish to congratulate him, over the victory.

This would be the fifth time that Kumar would take oath as chief minister of Bihar state. His first stint was in 2000 when he headed a government for only seven days. He rode to power in Novermber 2005 and again in 2010. In February 2015 he took oath for the high office for the fourth time after Jitan Ram Manjhi was removed from the chair.

The RJD emerged as the single largest party with 80 assembly seats, followed by the JD-U with 71 and the Congress with 27.

It should be noted that Shiv Sena also contested over 100 seats in Bihar assembly elections and managed to bag over 2 lakh votes, on its steam. Sources however said that on as many as 35 constituencies Sana was ahead of BJP candidates.