Bihar: 'NDA Legislature Party Meet On November 15, Key Decisions To Be Taken,' Says Nitish Kumar

In the results that came on November 10, the NDA that fought the elections under its chief ministerial candidate Nitish Kumar managed to bag 125 seats in the 243-member Assembly.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. (Image: PTI)

New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that a legislative party meet of the NDA will be convened on November 15 at 12:30 pm. A key meeting of NDA leaders was held at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's residence in Patna on Friday. After the meeting Nitish told the mediapersons that the roadmap ahead will be decided after the legislative party meet. Sources had earlier stated that Nitish Kumar is likely to take oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for another term on November 16 after the NDA victory in Assembly elections. In the results that came on November 10, the NDA that fought the elections under its chief ministerial candidate Nitish Kumar managed to bag 125 seats in the 243-member Assembly. On Thursday, addressing his first press conference after Assembly polls, Nitish said that it is for the NDA to decide on who will head the state Assembly next. Talking to reporters for the first time after the NDA's victory, Nitish Kumar said the date for his swearing-in ceremony will be discussed at an "informal" meeting of all the four NDA constituents on Friday. However, while addressing mediapersons after the meeting in which all the NDA parties including BJP, JDU, VIP and HAM, Nitish did not divulge much details about the meeting and said that the next meeting will decide when they will stake claim to form government.