India, Nov. 19 -- Janata Dal-United president Nitish Kumar, 75, will take oath as the Bihar chief minister for a record 10th time on Thursday, his party said after Kumar was elected as leader by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) legislators in Bihar.

JD-U leader Shrawon Kumar, who was a minister in Bihar's outgoing cabinet, said Nitish Kumar was elected as leader at a meeting of newly elected MLAs of the alliance partners on Wednesday.

Soon after, Kumar went to Raj Bhavan to formally submit his resignation as chief minister and stake claim to start a fresh term. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, LJP-R chief Chirag Paswan, HAM-S chief Jitan Ram Manjhi and RLM chief Upendra Kushwaha accompan...