India, Oct. 30 -- Bihar deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary categorically maintains that Nitish Kumar will remain chief minister if the NDA returns to power after the upcoming assembly polls. The BJP leader, who is in the poll fray after a long gap from Tarapur seat in Munger district, speaks on a range of poll-related issues in an interview to Vijay Swaroop. Edited excerpts:

When will the NDA release its manifesto?

This will be before November 4. We are in talks with our alliance partners. And it will be released once all things have been discussed and approved by all our allies. We have also been talking to our allies to coordinate on our blueprint for the next five years. We have to work more for empowerment of youth and women, an...