Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar called a meeting of senior Janata Dal (United) leaders on 21 June to discuss their support for NDA's presidential candidate Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind.
JD (U) leaders will be meeting a day before opposition parties meet to decide their presidential
candidate on 22nd June.
According to reports, after NDA announced Ram Nath Kovind's name on Monday Nitish Kumar met with him and congratulated him on being chosen as the NDA's candidate. However, it was unclear whether the Janata Dal (United) leader will lend his support to Kovind.