Nitish Kumar tenders resignation to Governor Phagu Chauhan

PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister-designate Nitish Kumar on Friday tendered his resignation from the post to Governor Phagu Chauhan. He along with top NDA leaders, including Deputy CM Sushil Modi, Hindustani AwamMorcha (Secular) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi and VikassheelInsaan Party (VIP) president MukeshSahni, met the Governor and tendered resignations of the entire outgoing cabinet. They have also requested the Governor to dissolve the entire government.

Nitish has also said that on Sunday, the NDA allies will meet to decide the next course of action for the formation of the new government in Bihar.

NDA leaders are also expecting that the Chief Minister for the next five years will be decided in the meeting after which they will stake claim to form the government.

It is expected that Nitish Kumar, Ashok Chaudhary, Vijay Chaudhary and VijendraYadav will be present in the meeting from the JD-U side. (IANS)

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