NDA to decide who will be the Bihar chief minister: Nitish Kumar
- It is up to NDA to decide who will be the CM of Bihar, NItish Kumar said
- Kumar is the sitting CM of BIhar
- His alliance, NDA, won the recently concluded Bihar assembly election
Patna: After securing a close win over the grand alliance, Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar has left it to NDA to choose who will be the next CM of the
state.
Speaking to ANI, the sitting CM said it was up to the NDA to decide who
will be the CM of the state.
“People have given the mandate to NDA and it will form
government,” ANI tweeted Kumar as saying.
“I have made no claim; the decision will be taken by NDA,”
he said on being asked who the next CM of the state will be.
Kumar said it was not decided when the oath taking ceremony
will take place—whether after Diwali or Chhath—and that all four parties in the
alliance will meet tomorrow to analyse the result of the recently concluded
elections.
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NDA, comprising BJP, JD (U), Vikassheel Insaan Party, and
Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), defeated the grand alliance led by Congress,
RJD, and left parties in the election, the result of which were announced on
Tuesday.
Kumar is expected to be sworn as Bihar CM for a record
seventh time, all in last 15 years.
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