For every six MLAs a party managed to send to the Bihar Assembly, they will be rewarded with a ministerial post — meaning there will be more BJP ministers in the upcoming Nitish Kumar government than

As per the formula, the BJP will likely get 15 or 16 ministerial berths, and the JDU 14. Union Minister Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) is expected to get three ministerial berths.

Nitish Kumar will remain the Chief Minister of Bihar, sources have indicated, with the formation of the new state government expected in another three days after the cabinet formula was finalised at a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

The Nitish-led NDA has comfortably crossed the majority mark and is on course to secure more than 200 of the 243 seats.

NDA has swept the Bihar 2025 election, which also means Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to take oath again, making this his fifth consecutive term. But because the BJP has seen a dramatic surge in its seats this time, rumours are naturally surfacing about whether the party might want its own face to replace Kumar.

The NDA won the Bihar Assembly elections with a sizeable mandate, with both the JDU and BJP significantly improving on their 2020 performance

Nitish Kumar is poised to take oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a historic 10th time, marking another milestone in his decades-long political journey. Known as ‘Sushasan Babu’ for his governance-driven approach,