JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar was chosen the leader of the NDA in Bihar during a meeting of newly elected MLAs of the alliance partners in Patna on Wednesday, setting the stage for his historic 10th swearing-in as the Chief Minister of the state.

Nitish went to the Raj Bhavan and submitted his resignation to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan. The Governor accepted his resignation and asked him to continue as the caretaker CM till a new government is formed.

Nitish staked his claim to form the government with the signatures of 202 MLAs in the 243-member House.

The swearing-in ceremony will be held at 11 am on Thursday at Gandhi Maidan. PM Narendra Modi, union ministers and 11 chief ministers of NDA-ruled states are scheduled to attend the event.

Nitish took oath for the first time in 2000, but t

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