JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar is set to take oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for a record 10th time at Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan on Thursday.

Along with him, 19 Ministers are expected to take oath in a ceremony to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president J P Nadda and several other top leaders of NDA.

Kumar resigned as the Bihar CM on Wednesday and then staked claim before Governor Arif Mohammed Khan to form the new government.

Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha are expected to take oath as Deputy Chief Ministers from the BJP quota.

Apart from the Cabinet berths for the main NDA constituents, the BJP and the JD(U), the other partners of the alliance are also likely to get one ministerial post for every six MLAs to ensu

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