Overview
- Nitish Kumar submitted his resignation to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan after the outgoing cabinet recommended dissolving the Assembly with effect from November 19.
- The NDA’s swearing-in is scheduled for November 20 at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior leaders expected to attend.
- NDA legislators will meet on November 19 in Patna to elect their legislative party leader, who will become chief minister for the new term.
- The NDA won 202 of 243 seats (BJP 89, JD(U) 85), and discussions reported by party sources point to a berth-sharing formula roughly splitting 30–31 posts between BJP and JD(U) with slots for LJP(RV), HAM, and RLM.
- Talks include competing claims by BJP and JD(U) for the Speaker’s post and a reported push for greater women’s representation, while RJD elected Tejashwi Yadav as legislature party leader and signaled possible legal action over alleged EVM irregularities.