JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar was unanimously elected as the leader of the NDA legislature party at a meeting in Patna and is set to return for a consecutive fourth term as chief minister of Bihar.
According to sources, an announcement to the effect was made at 1, Anney Marr, the Chief Ministers official residence, by senior BJP leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who had flown down for the occasion.
BJP’s Sushil Modi will remain the deputy Chief Minister. The NDA will go to Governor Phagu Chauhan to stake claim to form the government.
This came as the constituents of the NDA, which secured a majority in the recently concluded Bihar Assembly Elections. Vikassheel Insan Party (VIP) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) were other constituents of NDA in Bihar.
Nitish Kumar will sworn in as the chief minister of Bihar on Monday, November 16. As Kumar takes oath tomorrow, he will also hold the distinction of having been sworn in seven times as chief minister in two decades. Sushil Kumar Modi will also take oath as the deputy chief minister of Bihar.
The swearing-in ceremony will take place in the afternoon, around 4-4.30pm on Monday, November 16, at the Raj Bhavan.
The BJP had won 74 seats, JD-U 43, while eight seats were won by other NDA constituents. The NDA combined won 125 seats, which is three more than the majority mark in the 243-strong Bihar assembly.