Bihar govt formation LIVE: Nitish Kumar set to be elected as leader of NDA

JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar will be elected as the leader of the NDA in Bihar on Wednesday, ahead of the formation of a new government under his leadership in the state on November 20, a party leader said.

Kumar, who will be sworn in as Bihar CM for a record 10th time at Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan on Thursday, will be elected first as the leader of the JD(U) legislature party and then as the leader of the NDA during a meeting attended by constituents of the five-party alliance, he said.

Speaking to PTI Video, JD(U) national president Sanjay Jha said, “Nitish Kumar will be first elected as the leader of our party in the legislature on Wednesday. After that, he will be elected as the NDA leader by the newly elected MLAs of all alliance partners.” The JD(U) leader said Kumar will meet Governor Arif Mohammad Khan in the evening and request him to initiate the process for formation of the new government.

-PTI