NDA meet at 12.30 pm today: Nitish to be chosen as leader
New Delhi, Nov 15: A joint meeting of the NDA legislature party will be held today where Nitish Kumar will be elected as its leader.
This was decided a meeting of the leaders of the four NDA constituents in Bihar--the JD(U), BJP, HAM and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) at the residence of Chief Minister Kumar on Friday.
"The meeting will start at 12:30 pm on November 15," chief minister elect Kumar told reporters.
BJP to decide whether Chirag Paswan's LJP should be retained in NDA: Nitish Kumar
Despite
the
BJP
emerging
as
the
largest
party
in
the
ruling
alliance
with
74
seats,
31
more
than
the
JD(U),
the
top
leadership
of
the
saffron
party,
including
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi,
has
emphatically
endorsed
Kumar
as
the
next
chief
minister.
He was declared the ruling coalition's chief ministerial candidate much before the election process had started.