PATNA, Nov 17:
The process for formation of the new NDA Government in Bihar began on Monday after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and recommended the dissolution of the outgoing assembly with effect from November 19.
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Kumar, the JD(U) supremo, will again meet the Governor on Wednesday and tender his resignation along with a letter of support from all other constituents of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
JD(U) sources said that Kumar would be elected legislature party leader on November 19, a day before taking oath as Bihar CM for a record 10th time at a programme at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.
Other Ministers of the new Cabinet are also expected to be sworn in during the programme.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several top NDA leaders, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Dharmendra Pradhan, are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.
Meanwhile, hectic lobbying is underway among NDA partners to finalise the allocation of Cabinet berths, the JD(U) sources said.
The new Cabinet is likely to include five to six fresh faces from the BJP and JD(U), they said.
Umesh Singh Kushwaha, JD(U) state chief and Mahnar seat winner, is likely to be inducted into the new cabinet.
Along with the JD(U) and the BJP, Union Minister Chirag Paswan’s LJP (RV), Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM-S, and Upendra Kushwaha’s RLM will also be part of the new cabinet, the sources said.
“The LJP (RV) is likely to get three berths, while HAM-S and RLM may get one berth each. A maximum of 16 ministers from the BJP and 14 from JD(U), along with Nitish Kumar, are likely to take oath on November 20,” one of the sources said.
The ruling NDA decimated the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar with its tally crossing 200 seats of the 243-member assembly.
The CM met the Governor immediately after the last Cabinet meeting of the outgoing government and apprised him of the decision recommending dissolution of the assembly from November 19.(PTI)
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