Overview
- After being elected NDA legislature party leader, Nitish Kumar resigned as outgoing chief minister, presented support from 202 MLAs to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, and was invited to form the government.
- The swearing-in is set at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan this morning, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior NDA leaders expected to attend.
- BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha were reselected as the party’s legislature leader and deputy leader, indicating they will continue as deputy chief ministers.
- Negotiations on portfolios are ongoing; reports suggest an initial council of roughly 20–22 ministers and a power-sharing plan that could allot major shares to the BJP and the JD(U), with berths for LJP(RV), HAM‑S and RLM.
- Allies and party sources also point to Prem Kumar as likely Assembly Speaker, with security tightened and large crowds anticipated at the oath ceremony.