Overview
- Bihar’s ruling alliance says the leadership choice will follow Friday’s Rajya Sabha oath for Nitish Kumar.
- NDA legislators are on standby for a meeting after April 10 to elect a leader, after which Kumar is expected to resign.
- The BJP is widely expected to claim the post, with Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary seen as the frontrunner though some party leaders oppose him.
- JD(U) workers have urged Nitish Kumar to hand the job to his son Nishant, who joined the party on March 8, but no formal move has been made.
- BJP–JD(U) negotiations on portfolios are still underway, with control of the Home Department and the Assembly Speaker’s chair in focus as the BJP aims for its first Bihar chief minister in two decades.