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With Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar himself confirming on social media on Thursday (March 5, 2026) that he “seeks to become a member of the Rajya Sabha in the elections being held this time”, all eyes are now set on who would be the next Chief Minister of the State and what role Mr. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant Kumar (49) is said to be the next Deputy Chief Minister of the State who would also run the party, Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)]. “The top party leadership is currently huddled inside Chief Minister’s official residence 1, Anne Marg to convince Nishant Kumar for his new political role,” a senior party leader said on condition of anonymity.
” Nitish Kumar, the State’s longest serving chief minister, is going to the Rajya Sabha, vacating the post for National Democratic Alliance ally, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which finally gets to hold the top spot. This constancy of the alliance’s face, since 2000, when the Samata Party got fewer seats than the BJP, but saw Mr. Kumar being projected as chief minister for a brief period of seven days in a short lived claim, to 2025, when, again, the BJP won more seats than the JD(U), was a product of the political field of Bihar but also the image and persona of Mr.
After Janata Dal (United) leader KC Tyagi proposed Bharat Ratna to be conferred on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, several leaders from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), of which Kumar's JD(U) is a...
Nitish Kumar's party has distanced itself from a prominent demand for the Bihar Chief Minister to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar inspecting a project in...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday (January 7, 2026) directed State government officials to meet people at their respective offices and ad...
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday (January 2, 2026) asked the officials concerned to write to the Union government for development and upkeep of t...
Chief minister Nitish Kumar-led NDA government’s Cabinet is likely to be expanded after the inauspicious month of kharmas, January 15 with as many as ...
Several political parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday (December 16, 2025) condemned Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over removing the veil of a Muslim doctor during an official function in Bihar...
