Overview
- Nitish Kumar will chair his final Bihar cabinet meeting at 11 am Tuesday before submitting his resignation to the governor.
- BJP legislators will pick their leader in Patna later Tuesday under central observer Shivraj Singh Chouhan, with an NDA meeting to follow and a swearing‑in expected Wednesday at 11 am.
- Deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary is widely reported as the frontrunner, though party leaders say the final choice rests with the central leadership and a surprise is possible.
- The NDA holds a commanding edge in the 243‑member assembly, with the BJP at 89 seats, the JD(U) at 85, and smaller allies taking the bloc to roughly 202.
- Kumar’s shift to Parliament’s upper house—he won on March 16 and took oath on April 10—clears the path for a BJP-led government, with some JD(U) voices expecting him to retain influence and even urging a role for his son Nishant.