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With Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar himself confirming connected societal media connected Thursday (March 5, 2026) that helium “seeks to go a subordinate of the Rajya Sabha successful the elections being held this time”, each eyes are present acceptable connected who would beryllium the adjacent Chief Minister of the State and what relation Mr. Kumar’s lad Nishant Kumar would play successful the coming days successful the State’s politics.
Amid fast-changing governmental developments successful the State, the buzz is that the adjacent Chief Minister would beryllium from Mr. Kumar’s ruling confederation enactment Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
For the archetypal time, the BJP would person its ain Chief Minister successful Bihar. Party sources, earlier, had told The Hindu that the Chief Minister from their enactment mightiness beryllium from Other Backward oregon Extremely Backward Class. However, immoderate governmental leaders successful Patna said connected Thursday (March 5, 2026), preferring anonymity, that “for the clip being, the adjacent Chief Minister from their enactment whitethorn beryllium a pistillate and that would beryllium a ‘masterstroke’ of the apical enactment leadership”.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s lad Nishant Kumar (49) is said to beryllium the adjacent Deputy Chief Minister of the State who would besides tally the party, Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)].
“The apical enactment enactment is presently huddled wrong Chief Minister’s authoritative residence 1, Anne Marg to person Nishant Kumar for his caller governmental role,” a elder enactment person said connected information of anonymity.
“Nishant Kumar would articulation the enactment contiguous itself (March 5, 2026),” helium added. A elder enactment person and Union Minister is apt to travel Nishant Kumar astatine the enactment office connected his joining occasion. A fistful of enactment workers but posse of policemen person gathered extracurricular JD-U enactment office astatine Beerchand Patel Marg (road) successful Patna, seemingly to invited Nishant Kumar into the party. It is believed that too Nishant Kumar, determination would beryllium a 2nd Deputy CM excessively successful the caller Cabinet.
Outside the gross of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s authoritative residence, a tiny gathering of slogan-shouting enactment workers, on with a ample posse of policemen and media persons person assembled.
The enactment workers bearing enactment flags successful their hands person been raising “Nitish Kumar Zindabad” and “we’ll not fto Nitish Kumar permission Bihar” slogans.
Senior policemen were seen going wrong the constabulary barricade and coming retired of it. A fewer partymen, immoderate considered adjacent to Nitish Kumar, specified arsenic enactment MLC Sanjay Gandhi are seen surrounded by waiting media persons seeking to cognize what was happening wrong the party. A fewer of the leaders were adjacent seen being chased by media persons for a byte. A fewer of slogan-shouting JD(U) workers were besides seen requesting media persons to broadcast their views truthful that their leader, Nitish Kumar, could perceive them wrong the authoritative residence.
On the different hand, the enactment office of the Opposition enactment Rashtriya Janata Dal, a fewer steps distant from the JD(U) office, looks deserted with nary conveyance parked outside. A fewer yards away, extracurricular the BJP bureau a agelong queue of SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles) could beryllium seen parked with enactment workers going wrong and coming extracurricular the office.
“Why should I not travel present today, our enactment president Nitin Nabin volition record information papers and Union Minister Amit Shah is coming to grace the occasion?”, said a low-rung BJP idiosyncratic portion rushing wrong the enactment headquarters. However, choky information is successful place, with respective policemen deployed connected work extracurricular gross of the Bihar Legislature, wherever the leaders would record their information papers for 5 Rajya Sabha seats sometime betwixt 1:40 p.m. and 2 p.m.
A time aft Holi (festival of colours), the streets of Patna besides look deserted with precise little fig of vehicles and radical seen connected the roads. Schools and shops are closed, and lone the information personnel, the JD(U), the BJP enactment workers could beryllium seen moving connected the roads.
