India, Nov. 19 -- Ground is set in Bihar for the new National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government after the alliance's landslide victory in the recently concluded assembly polls with 202 seats. Chief minister and Janata Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar is set to resign on November 19 and is likely to take oath as chief minister again on Thursday at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

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With JD(U) electing Nitish as its legislative party leader, 20 other ministers will be taking oath with the nine time CM as well, reports said. All eyes are now on government formation and portfolio allocation with several names in fray.

In the previous NDA government, Bihar had two deputy chief mi...