Senior Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar was today unanimously elected leader of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of newly elected legislators of NDA at Patna on Thursday evening. Besides the JD (U) National President Sharad Yadav, BJP leaders Arun Jaitely, Ananth Kumar and Dharmendra Pradhan were also present in the meeting. Earlier, the newly elected legislators of BJP and JD ( U ) held separate meetings. BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi re-elected as leader of the legislative party.AIR Patna correspondent reports, Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as the Chief Minister for the second term tomorrow. The JDU – BJP combine has notched a spectacular tally of 206 seats in the 243-member House. JD (U) alone won 115 seats just 7 seats short of majority while BJP bagged 91 seats.
News On AIR | November 25, 2010 6:38 PM
Nitish unanimously elected NDA leader in Bihar