Nitish Kumar chosen leader of NDA in Bihar; set to take oath as CM for record 10th time

Nitish Kumar will take oath as the chief minister for a record 10th time at Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan on Thursday.

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JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar arrives to attend the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) legislature meeting, in Patna, Wednesday (PTI Photo)

By: Express Web Desk

2 min readNew DelhiNov 19, 2025 05:33 PM IST First published on: Nov 19, 2025 at 05:28 PM IST

JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar was chosen leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar during a meeting of newly-elected MLAs of the alliance partners on Wednesday, state minister Shrawon Kumar said.

The proposal for the leader of NDA was moved by JD(U)’s Vijay Choudhary and seconded by BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha. MLAs of the LJP(RV), HAM and RLM also seconded the proposal, Shrawon Kumar said.

Kumar will take oath as the chief minister for a record 10th time at Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan on Thursday.

Earlier in the day, Kumar was elected as leader of the JD (U)’s legislature party by the newly elected MLAs of the party. Talking to PTI, Shrawon Kumar said, “Nitish Kumar has been chosen as JD(U)’s legislature party leader by the newly elected MLAs.” The meeting was held at ‘Samvad’ located at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, and attended by all newly elected MLAs and 22 Legislative Council members of the party, he said.