Nitish Kumar likely to be sworn in as Bihar CM on Nov 20

Patna: Reports on Tuesday said that Nitish Kumar will take oath as chief minister of Bihar on November 20.

The Grand Alliance or Mahagathbandhan of Nitish's JD(U), Lalu Prasad's RJD and Congress on Sunday secured a massive landslide victory in the Bihar Assembly Elections winning 178 seats. The opposition alliance, NDA, could muster only 58 seats.

ANI reported that a meeting of the newly-elected MLAs of the Grand Alliance will be convened in Patna soon in which leader of the coalition will be elected.

36 ministers, including the chief minister, are likely to be included in the new Cabinet.