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JD-U supremo Nitish Kumar was chosen leader of the NDA in Bihar during a meeting of newly elected MLAs of the alliance partners in Patna on Wednesday, state minister Shrawon Kumar said.
Kumar will take oath as the chief minister for a record 10th time at Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan on November 20. The proposal for the leader of NDA was moved by JD-U’s Vijay Choudhary and seconded by BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha.
MLAs of the LJP-RV, HAM and RLM also seconded the proposal, Shrawon Kumar said.
Earlier in the day, Kumar was elected as leader of the JD-U’s legislature party by the newly elected MLAs of the party.
The NDA stormed back to power in Bihar, winning 202 seats in the 243-member assembly, with BJP bagging 89, JD-U 85, LJP-RV 19, HAM 5 and RLM 4.
