PATNA, April 7 -- With chief minister Nitish Kumar set to take oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on April 10, the NDA Legislature Party in Bihar will likely hold a meeting between April 11 and 13 in the state capital to decide on the name of the next chief minister.

NDA leaders aware of the matter said that legislators have been asked to be in the state capital at a short notice.

"The dates are not yet final but it may happen any day after April 10," said a JD(U) legislator. The BJP state president, Sanjay Saraogi, denied that any dates have been finalised for the NDA meeting. "No dates have been finalised. There is no development on this count," he said.

A senior JD(U) leader said that CM Kumar, who would leave for New Delhi on Apri...