Nitish Kumar To Resign After 12 PM Today, Take Oath As Bihar CM At 4 PM: Reports

According to latest reports, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is expected to resign by 12 PM today and will take oath as Bihar Chief Minister again, at 4:00 PM. Know latest update

New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been part of headlines for his massive political decision which is expected to be formally disclosed in a few hours from now. The JD(U) leader, who has also been part of the INDIA Bloc Alliance, is ready to resign from the party and join the current ruling party, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Nitish Kumar has already reached the Raj Bhawan in Patna is expected to submit his resignation to the Governor any time. According to latest reports, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is expected to resign by 12 PM today and will take oath as Bihar Chief Minister again, at 4:00 PM.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar To Resign By 12 PM, Take Oath At 4 PM

As mentioned earlier, the Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar is ready to submit his resignation, join BJP and break the current JD(U)-Congress Alliance in Bihar. According to a Times Now report citing party sources, Nitish Kumar is expected to resign by 12:00 PM today and he may take the oath as the Bihar CM from BJP government at 4:00 PM. It will be ninth time for Nitish Kumar to take the oath and head the state.

The Times Now report also mentions that according to the party source, before his resignation, Nitish Kumar will hold a customary meeting of the legislature party. Along with Nitish Kumar, two other JD(U) leaders are expected to take oath today. However, the names of these leaders have not yet been confirmed. The possible leaders who may take the oath are Ashok Chaudhary, Vijay Chaudhary and Sanjay Jha from JD(U); Sushil Modi and Renu Jha are also frontrunners.

The BJP has the largest number of 17 MPs in Bihar, where the total number of Lok Sabha members is 40. The JD(U), headed by Nitish Kumar, has 16 while another NDA ally LJP, now split up between the uncle-nephew duo of Pashupati Kumar Paras and Chirag Paswan, has six. In the Bihar Assembly of 243, the RJD has 79 MLAs; followed by the BJP’s 78; the JD(U)’s 45′ the Congress’s 19, the CPI (M-L)’s 12, two each of the CPI(M) and CPI, the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)’s four seats, and the AIMIM’s one, plus one Independent legislator. If Nitish crosses over, this would be the fourth time he would be switching sides.

(Inputs from ANI)