Patna, Nov 20: With a historic win, JD(U) Chief Nitish Kumar is going to be the Bihar Chief Minister for the 10th time. He will take oath today along with his team in the afternoon.

The new Bihar Cabinet is expected to include 16 ministers from the BJP and 14 from JD(U), including the party chief, who are likely to take oaths on Thursday.

Sources said consensus came among NDA partners to appoint BJP's Prem Kumar as the Assembly Speaker. The Deputy Speaker's post however, is likely to be picked from the JD(U) senior faces.

Reliable sources said, the new Cabinet will comprise at least five new faces from the main constituents of the NDA — the BJP and the JD(U).

As top picks for Nitish’s 10th Cabinet, Umesh Singh Kushwaha, JD(U) state chief who won from Mahnar assembly seat, is likely to be inducted in the new Cabinet.

Apart from it stakeholders including LJP (RV) led by Union Minister Chirag Paswan, HAM-S led by Jitan Ram Manjhi, and RLM led by Upendra Kushwaha might be named as key ministers in Nitish’s cabinet.