At 3:30 pm, politicians from all five NDA groups will meet to officially choose him as their leader. The NDA did great in Bihar last week, gaining 202 seats out of 243.
Nitish Kumar’s resignation means he’s officially getting ready to be sworn in for the 10th time after the NDA party did very well in the state elections.
First, Nitish Kumar will be picked as the leader of the JD(U) group when they meet at 11 am, according to some leaders.
Then, at 3:30 pm, politicians from all five NDA groups will meet to officially choose him as their leader. The NDA did great in Bihar last week, gaining 202 seats out of 243. The BJP won the most seats with 89, while JD(U) got 85. Smaller groups, like Chirag Paswan’s LJP (RV) with 19 seats, HAM with five, and RLM with four, made the group’s win even bigger.
Big Swearing-in Event
Nitish Kumar is going to be sworn in as chief minister on Thursday morning, officials said. Some other ministers will also be sworn in at Gandhi Maidan in Patna. They’re getting ready at the place and there are many guards because Prime Minister Narendra Modi is coming. Amit Shah, some other ministers, and chief ministers from states that the NDA controls are expected to be there too.
Having top leaders there shows that the NDA wants everyone to see their win in Bihar as a big deal.
Partners argue about Government Jobs
As the swearing-in gets closer, talks about who gets what job in the government have gotten serious and met some problems at the last minute, sources say.
The biggest argument is over the Home Ministry, which Nitish Kumar has usually controlled. JD(U) leaders say they aren’t letting go of that spot, but the BJP wants a bigger say in important government jobs since they won the most seats.
They also don’t agree on who should be in charge of the Speaker position. Both JD(U) and BJP want it, but the BJP wants to keep it. In the last government, BJP’s Nand Kishore Yadav was Speaker and JD(U)’s Narendra Narayan Yadav was Deputy Speaker.
According to PTI, JD(U) will probably keep most of the ministers they have now, while the BJP might bring in some fresh faces. The bigger government could have five or six new ministers from both groups.
