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Nitish Kumar resigns and recommends assembly dissolution after NDA wins 202 seats in Bihar, with swearing-in set for Nov 20 at Gandhi Maidan.
- On Monday, Nitish Kumar, incumbent Chief Minister, will chair the final cabinet meeting at around 11:30 am and resign ahead of the November 20 swearing-in in Patna.
- Following the election, JD and BJP leaders began formation talks as the NDA secured a brute majority, winning more than 200 of the 243 seats.
- Several top National Democratic Alliance union ministers and coalition chief ministers will attend the oath ceremony, which may be held at Gandhi Maidan pending Prime Minister Narendra Modi's confirmation.
- Officials said the formality to form the new government will be done and details will be clear in the next two to four days, with a cabinet resolution to authorise Sanjay Kumar Jha to meet the governor.
- Opposition figures demanded a thorough review of the result as a major rift erupted within Lalu Prasad Yadav's family, with Rohini Acharya accusing Tejashwi Yadav of misconduct.
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NewsDrumNitish meets Guv after cabinet authorises CM to recommend dissolution of assembly
Patna: The last cabinet meeting of the outgoing NDA government in Bihar on Monday “authorised” Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to recommend dissolution of the assembly, official sources said. A resolution to this effect was unanimously passed in the meeting chaired by Kumar, which lasted for 10 minutes, they said. Also ReadNDA’s landslide victory in Bihar better than expected: Nitish Kumar’s son “The CM met Governor Arif Mohammad Khan soon after the…
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