Overview
- State BJP chief Sanjay Saraogi said Tuesday the swearing-in will be held Thursday at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah in attendance.
- After weekend consultations in New Delhi with Amit Shah and other senior BJP and NDA leaders, Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary returned to Patna and met JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar as allies aligned on the lineup.
- Party sources say the BJP high command has cleared the ministerial list, though final names and portfolios have not been released publicly.
- Bihar has operated with only three ministers since April 15, leaving the chief minister and two JD(U) deputies holding dozens of departments and heightening pressure to seat a full council.
- Reporting points to a likely power-sharing plan of roughly 16 ministers each for BJP and JD(U), two for LJP-RV, and one each for HAM-S and RLM, and preparations at Gandhi Maidan include large stages, pandals, and tight security for a show-of-strength oath.