India, Nov. 16 -- Following a historic Bihar Assembly win, NDA allies begin intense talks on ministerial berths and deputy chief minister positions, while the incumbent Nitish Kumar is retained.

JD(U)'s chief strategist, Working President Sanjay Kumar Jha and Union Minister Lallan Singh reached Delhi on Saturday evening and held discussion with NDA's strategist, Home Minister Amit Shah. The term of the current Assembly is till November 22. "It was just a courtesy visit to the HM after the results announced. Things will discussed during the next couple of days," sources close to the JD(U) leaders told The Pioneer.

Sources in the BJP as well as the JD(U) said that while Nitish under whose name the election was fought as the popular CM cho...