BJP is going to become the Chief Minister for the first time in Bihar. Current CM Nitish Kumar will resign from his post. BJP leader Samarth Chaudhary’s name is at the forefront in the CM race, while there is also a possibility of Nitish’s son becoming Deputy CM.
Patna: Bihar was the only state among the Hindi speaking states, where till date no one from BJP has become the Chief Minister. But this history is going to change on Tuesday. Current Chief Minister and JDU leader Nitish Kumar will resign from his post on Tuesday. After this, for the first time BJP will take charge of the government in the state. The name of BJP leader Samarth Chaudhary is leading in the race for the post of CM.
Nitish’s resignation
Nitish Kumar, recently elected to the Rajya Sabha, has called a meeting of his cabinet at 11 am on Tuesday. He will announce his resignation in this meeting. After this he will go to Raj Bhavan and submit his resignation to the Governor.
Election of new CM
After Nitish’s resignation, BJP legislature party meeting will be held at 4 pm. In this the party will elect its new leader. After this, there will be a meeting of the NDA Legislative Party, where the name of the new CM can be officially announced. Samarth Choudhary is leading in the race for the post of CM. But one thing is worth noting that Chaudhary is not originally from BJP. He has come to BJP through RJD and JDU. Another name in this race is that of Union Minister Nityanand Rai. Rai started his politics with ABVP and came into limelight with the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. Before becoming the Union Minister in 2019, he had held the command of Bihar BJP.
According to BJP sources, the new Chief Minister will be from OBC or Dalit community only.
Will Nitish’s son become Deputy CM?
According to an earlier agreement between BJP and JDU, the post of CM will go to BJP and Nitish Kumar’s son can be made the Deputy Chief Minister. Let us tell you that in the 243-seat Bihar Assembly, the NDA alliance has a clear majority of 202 seats. In this, BJP has 89 MLAs and JDU has 85 MLAs, the remaining seats belong to other allies.