India, April 10 -- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar reached Delhi on Thursday and is scheduled to take oath as a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament on Friday. After completing the formalities, he will return to Patna the same evening. Soon after his return, he is expected to step down as Chief Minister, clearing the path for a new leader and the formation of a fresh government in Bihar. The transition is likely to take place around April 14 or 15.

The process of appointing a new Chief Minister and forming the cabinet is expected to begin after April 13, once the period of Khadmas considered inauspicious comes to an end. Sanjay Kumar Jha, working president of the Janata Dal (United) and a Rajya Sabha MP, confirmed that the process to ...