Nitish Kumar has sought time to meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday to parade all 130 MLAs supporting him, says: JD-U General Secretary K C Tyagi.

While Nitish met Bihar governor and staked his claim to form the government while expelled chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi sought a trial of strength by secret vote in the assembly.

Former chief minister Nitish Kumar, who has now been elected leader of the JD-U legislature party, met Governor K N Tripathi and produced before him a list of 130 supporting MLAs in a House, with an effective strength of 233, belonging to JD-U, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Congress, Communist Party of India and an independent.