Nitish Kumar resigned from the post of CM and staked a claim to form a new government in Bihar.

Patna, November 19, 2025: Nitish Kumar submitted his resignation to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Wednesday and staked a claim to form the next government in Bihar.

He arrived at Raj Bhavan in the evening, accompanied by senior NDA leaders, including Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha.

Bihar governor invited Nitish Kumar to form the next government:

Kumar handed over a list of 202 newly elected NDA MLAs to the Governor, following which he was formally invited to form the new government.

Earlier in the day, Kumar was unanimously elected leader of the NDA legislative party at a meeting held in the Central Hall of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

He is set to take oath as a Chief Minister for the 10^th time on November 20, at a grand ceremony scheduled at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

Nitish Kumar will take oath in Gandhi Maidan after 10 years:

This will mark his return to the historic venue after a decade; the last swearing-in ceremony held there was in 2015 when the Mahagathbandhan government was formed under the leadership of Nitish Kumar.

He had also taken an oath at Gandhi Maidan in 2005 and 2010.

In 2020, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the ceremony took place at Raj Bhavan.

Kumar was also elected leader at the JDU legislative party meeting earlier on Wednesday.

In the BJP camp, Samrat Choudhary was chosen as the legislative party leader and Vijay Kumar Sinha as deputy leader.

Both are set to be sworn in as ministers and will serve as the Deputy Chief Ministers in the new government.

According to sources, around 20 leaders will take the oath as ministers alongside Nitish Kumar on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Union Ministers, and Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states will attend the ceremony.

Special security arrangements have been put in place from Patna Airport to Gandhi Maidan, including separate traffic plans to ensure smooth and secure VVIP movement.

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