Bihar CM Nitish Kumar resigned on Monday ahead of forming a new NDA government after Bihar election 2025. BJP will elect its Legislature Party leader on November 18, with the government expected to be in place by November 21. NDA secured 202 seats in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025, reaffirming Nitish Kumar as the CM face
Nitish Kumar with other leaders. Pic/PTI
The Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar submitted his resignation on Monday. The move came in view of the formation of a new government. As per the reports, veteran leader and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar is expected to be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar once again for the next five years.
After the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) triumph in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025, Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal on Monday announced that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is scheduled to choose its Legislature Party leader on November 18.
The BJP chief in Bihar also indicated that the formation of a new government will be completed by November 21.
Dilip Jaiswal, while addressing the formation of the government, said that "Tomorrow morning at 10 AM, there will be a meeting of the BJP Legislature Party at the BJP's Atal Sabhaghar, and in the meeting of the Legislature Party, the BJP will choose its leader. Our observers from the Centre will also come, and then there will be an NDA meeting, and then the work of government formation will be completed. By the 21st, the work of government formation will be completed," as cited by news agency ANI.
Earlier on Monday, BJP MP Janardan Singh Sigriwal also affirmed that the process of government formation has started.
On Sunday, Union Minister and HAM(S) founder Jitan Ram Manjhi met Union Minister and BJP Bihar election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan in Delhi, while ruling out any talks on Cabinet berths, asserting that Nitish Kumar will be the face for the Chief Minister's post.
Before the meeting, Manjhi, while speaking to the media, said, "We will not discuss any ministerial position. I need to discuss certain issues with him. One thing is clear: Nitish Kumar will be the face for the Chief Minister's post," as cited by news agency ANI.
On Cabinet representation, Manjhi further added that, "We have never pressured ourselves or our party to seek a Cabinet post or department. We have remained patient with whatever responsibilities were given to us. Today, our legislative party meeting convened, and we made it clear that there is no need to request a ministerial position; we will be content with whatever is offered. In our 46 years in politics, we have never demanded any position," as per ANI.
The Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 were held in two phases, on November 6 and November 11. The counting of the votes was done on November 14, resulting in the NDA's victory in Bihar.
The ruling NDA got 202 seats, a three-fourths majority in the 243-member House. This is the second time the NDA has crossed the 200 mark in the assembly polls. In the 2010 polls, it had won 206 seats.
(With inputs from ANI)
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