Decks were being cleared on Sunday for the formation of a new government in Bihar with the scheduling of the last meeting of the outgoing Cabinet, which would, understandably, authorise Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to take necessary action.

According to a notification of the Cabinet Secretariat Department, the Council of Ministers will meet on Monday, when, according to a senior JD(U) leader, a resolution will be passed to “authorise” Kumar to meet the Governor with the proposal to dissolve the outgoing Assembly.

The development came on a day Chief Electoral Officer Vinod Singh Gunjiyal met Governor Arif Mohammed Khan with a list of the members elected in the recently held Assembly polls, results of which were announced on Friday.

The NDA won a brute majority, bagging more than 200 seats

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