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The 75-year-old died at a private hospital in Gurugram on Thursday.
The JD(U) is holding its two-day meeting of national executive and national council in Patna on Saturday and Sunday.
Nitish Kumar has made it clear that he was serious about fostering opposition unity and was telephonically in touch with many anti-BJP players.
Altogether 160 MLAs voted in favour of the confidence motion while no vote was cast against the same.
As Kumar will take oath as CM for a record eighth time, RJD's Tejashwi Yadav will be sworn in as deputy chief minister for the second time.
In a day of fast moving political developments, JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar resigned as Bihar chief minister after breaking ties with ally BJP for a second time in eight years.
The simmering differences between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his larger ally, the BJP, has intensified with the exit of RCP Singh, who was till recently the Union Steel Minister.
Chaudhary, who was allocated the portfolio on Tuesday, a day after taking oath, sent his resignation immediately after assuming charge at 1pm.
The most atypical of politicians owing their rise to post-Mandal politics, Nitish Kumar stood out for his ability to address the governance deficit, unlike a majority of the breed reared in the socialist stable, but was often accused of pursuing politics of opportunism.
Kumar was talking on employment issue when onions came flying at him at the rally in support of his party nominee Sudhanshu Shekhar at Gangaur village ground in Harlakhi assembly constituency, but it missed the target.