JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar after a meeting of MLAs-elect of the National Democratic Alliance in Patna.
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JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar is set to be sworn-in as Bihar Chief Minister for a record 10th time on Thursday, days after the NDA secured a landslide victory in the Assembly elections.
Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha are expected to take oath as Deputy Chief Ministers from the BJP quota.
The swearing-in ceremony will be held at Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Ministers of several NDA-ruled States and several top leaders of the alliance are expected to attend the programme.
Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place. Over three lakh people are expected at the event, a senior BJP leader said, according to PTI.
Kumar submitted his resignation as the outgoing Chief Minister to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Wednesday.
He was accompanied by Union Minister Chirag Paswan, RLM chief Upendra Kushwaha and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.
Kumar was elected leader of the NDA legislature party, following meetings of new MLAs-elect. Earlier in the day, senior leader Samrat Choudhary was chosen as the BJP legislature party leader and Vijay Kumar Sinha as the deputy leader.
Lobbying among NDA allies to finalise Cabinet berths continued throughout the day on Wednesday.
The new Bihar Cabinet is expected to include 16 Ministers from the BJP and 14 from JD(U), including the party chief.
(With PTI inputs)