New Delhi: JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar is set to be sworn-in as Bihar chief minister for a record 10th time on Thursday, days after the NDA secured a landslide victory in the assembly elections.

The swearing-in ceremony at Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and 11 chief ministers.

Meanwhile, lobbying among NDA allies to finalise cabinet berths continued throughout the day.

The new Bihar Cabinet is expected to include 16 ministers from the BJP and 14 from JD(U), including the party chief.

Sources said consensus has been reached among NDA partners to appoint BJP's Prem Kumar as the Assembly Speaker. The Deputy Speaker's post is likely to go to JD(U).

Sources said the new Cabinet will have five to six new faces f

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