Nitish elected JD(U) legislative party leader

Patna: Contrary to murmurs of surprises in store in the new Bihar government, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has chosen to stick to the "trinity" under whom the coalition achieved one of its biggest mandates and crossed the 200-mark in the 243-member Assembly.

On Wednesday, the JD(U), with 85 legislators, elected Nitish Kumar as its legislative party leader. The BJP, with 89 lawmakers, chose Samrat Choudhury as its legislative party leader and Vijay Kumar Sinha as deputy leader.

This sets the stage for the next government formation in Bihar, which is likely to take place on Thursday.

At the BJP legislative party meeting, Samrat Choudhury and Vijay Kumar Sinha were elected as the Leader and Deputy leader, respectively.

Keshav Prasad Maurya, BJP's central observer for the election of the leader of the BJP legislative party, told the media that Samrat Choudhury and Vijay Kumar Sinha were unanimously chosen by the party and extended congratulations to both leaders.

"The jodi of Samrat Choudhury and Vijay Sinha is fit and also hit," Maurya told the reporters after their election.