Overview
- The oath-taking will be held at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and several NDA chief ministers expected to attend.
- The NDA returned to power with 202 of 243 seats, including BJP 89, JD(U) 85, LJP(RV) 19, HAM 5 and RLM 4.
- Sources say the initial cabinet division points to roughly 16 BJP and 14 JD(U) ministers, with LJP(RV) likely to get three berths and HAM-S and RLM one each.
- BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha are expected to be sworn in as deputy chief ministers.
- Authorities have mounted heavy security at the venue, and organisers expect a crowd of more than 300,000.