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Nitish Kumar Set for 10th Bihar Term With Nov. 20 Swearing-In at Gandhi Maidan

Coalition partners are still negotiating cabinet roles, according to party sources.

Nitish Kumar’s oath-taking ceremony as the chief minister for a record 10th time will be a grand show matching the scale of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)’s landslide victory, a leader of his Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) said.
Nitish Kumar taking stock of the ongoing preparations at Gandhi Maidan ahead of the swearing-in ceremony scheduled for November 20.
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Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar as he leaves the NDA’s legislators meeting in Patna on Wednesday. (CMO)

Overview

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and several other national leaders are expected to attend the oath-taking in Patna.
  • Nitish Kumar is personally reviewing preparations with chief secretary Pratyay Amrit as authorities ready the venue and city for visiting dignitaries.
  • Logistics include roughly 250 hotel rooms reserved for guests and an extensive cleaning drive from the airport to the ceremony site.
  • Security plans feature 128 surveillance cameras, SPG and NSG deployment, and about 2,500 Bihar personnel on alert, according to local reports.
  • Sources indicate ongoing talks on cabinet distribution, with a reported outline of up to 16 BJP ministers and 14 from JD(U), berths for LJP(RV), HAM-S and RLM, and a likely Speaker pick of BJP’s Prem Kumar with the Deputy Speaker role to JD(U).