Overview
- A cabinet meeting will precede Nitish Kumar’s visit to Raj Bhavan to resign, after which NDA legislators are slated to elect him leader before he stakes claim to form the government.
- Leaders are considering a swearing-in at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, with the date to be aligned to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s schedule.
- Chirag Paswan met Nitish Kumar, said LJP (Ram Vilas) will participate in the new government, and expressed that Kumar should continue as chief minister while declining to speculate on deputy CM posts.
- NDA partners expect formalities to conclude within two to three days as MLAs assemble in Patna, with the current Assembly’s term ending on November 22.
- Post-poll fallout hit rivals and allies alike, with RJD’s Rohini Acharya announcing she was quitting politics after criticizing Tejashwi Yadav’s aides, and former Union minister Raj Kumar Singh resigning from the BJP following a showcause notice.