Patna, Nov. 17 -- Janata Dal (United) (JDU) leader Vijay Kumar Chaudhary on Monday announced that the Bihar Cabinet has formally recommended the dissolution of the current Assembly with effect from November 19, a decision taken during a cabinet meeting held earlier in the day.

The recommendation has been conveyed to Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan through Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Earlier, Nitish Kumar visited Raj Bhavan in Patna and met the Governor, a meeting seen as part of the transition process following the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) resounding victory in the recently concluded Assembly elections and the anticipated formation of the new government.

Briefing reporters on the developments, Chaudhary said, "A Cabinet m...