The previous government had two deputy CMs, BJPs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, both of whom won the polls from their respective seats convincingly.

Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan met Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday and said his party was eager to “actively participate” in the state government as National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners began internal discussions on government formation following the coalition’s landslide poll victory.

Paswan met Kumar at his official residence, with photos from the meeting providing the first public images of the 74-year-old Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), president since the election verdict on Friday.

“We are looking forward to joining the government. Earlier, we used to say that we sup

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