India, Nov. 21 -- After Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar chief minister for the 10th time in a grand swearing-in ceremony at Patna's Gandhi Maidan on Thursday, all eyes are now on portfolio allocation for the ministers in JD(U) supremo's new cabinet.

The portfolios will be announced on Friday, an earlier HT report quoted a senior JD(U) leader who asked not to be named.

Along with Nitish Kumar, 26 others took oath of office on Thursday to be part of the new National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led cabinet of Bihar.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Samrat Choudhury and Vijay Kumar Sinha also took oath on Thursday and are expected to continue as deputy chief ministers in the new cabinet as well. The mega swearing-in ceremony which was attended...