Nitish Kumar to be CM, Sushil Kumar Modi his deputy

Nitish Kumar is all set to be sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister for the second straight term on Friday after the Janata Dal (United)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance under him swept the state Assembly elections.

In an expected development, Kumar was on Thursday elected the JD(U) legislative party leader and retained his position as the state chief minister being of the senior partner in the alliance with 115 legislators.

The 91-member BJP legislative party elected Sushil Kumar Modi as its leader and Modi shall retain his position as the deputy chief minister.

Kumar and Modi are scheduled to be administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Devananda Konwar at the Gandhi Maidan on Friday afternoon.

The JD(U)-BJP combine had routed the Opposition in the state elections, results of which were declared on Wednesday.

The winning alliance bagged 206 seats of the total 243 seats, while the Rashritya Janata Dal (RJD)-Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) could manage 25 between them.

The Congress fared even worse, picking mere four seats.