Hectic lobbying has started among NDA partners to finalise the allocation of Cabinet berths ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the new Bihar government, scheduled to take place here on November 20.

Sources said the new Cabinet is likely to include five to six fresh faces from the main constituents — the BJP and JD(U).

Umesh Singh Kushwaha, JD(U) chief of the state unit who won from Mahnar seat, is likely to be inducted in the new cabinet of Nitish Kumar, who prepares to take oath as the CM for a record 10th time.

Kumar will submit his resignation to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan as head of the outgoing government on November 19.

While the JD(U) is set to retain most of its ministers, the BJP may introduce a few new faces, sources said.

Of the 25 ministers in the outgoing Cabinet who c

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