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Amid aggravated speculations and up of the past time for withdrawal of names for the 5 Rajya Sabha seats getting vacant from Bihar, hectic governmental enactment is going connected successful Patna connected Wednesday (March 4, 2026).
It is speculated that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is apt to measurement down from the post, and helium whitethorn spell to the Rajya Sabha. Speculations successful the State’s accelerated changing governmental script are besides rife that his son, Nishant Kumar, whitethorn go Deputy Chief Minister of the State with the Chief Minister from the ruling conjugation partner, BJP.
Meeting of apical JD-U leaders, including the party’s moving president Sanjay Kumar Jha and Union Minister and party’s MP from Munger Rajeev Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh are going connected astatine the authoritative residence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar 1, Anne Marg (till the clip of reporting).
Last year, successful November 2025, Mr. Nitish Kumar took oath arsenic the Chief Minister of the authorities for the 10th time. Barring 9 months erstwhile Jitan Ram Manjhi was the Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar has been the CM of the State since November 2005. Earlier successful the day, elder JD-U leaders and Ministers successful Nitish Kumar's cabinet, Bijendra Prasad Yadav and Ashok Choudhary, are said to person spoken to Mr. Nitish Kumar.
In the past assembly elections, the ruling NDA had got a full of 202 seats with JD-U 85, portion state BJP had bagged 89 seats, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) 19 seats and different smaller parties similar Rashtriya Lok Morcha, led by Upendra Kushwaha, 4 and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) 5 seats. In total, 243 members of the State Assembly, a campaigner needs the enactment of 41 MLAs to container a Rajya Sabha seat.
On Tuesday (March 3, 2026), a elder person of JD-U and Minister successful the State, Shrawan Kumar, announced that Mr. Nishant Kumar, lad of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, is going to participate “active politics” precise soon. Some JD-U leaders person besides been demanding Mr. Nishant Kumar’s introduction into authorities for long, and adjacent posters for this were earlier enactment up connected the walls of enactment office successful Patna.
Thursday (March 5, 2026), is the past day for withdrawing names for the 5 Rajya Sabha seats getting vacant from Bihar. Of the full 16 Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar, 5 seats are getting vacant connected April 9. Two from JD-U Harivansh Narayan Singh who is besides Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Union curate of State for Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare, Ram Nath Thakur who is besides lad of precocious Bihar Chief Minister and seasoned socialist person Bharat Ratna Karpoori Thakur, One from different state Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) main Upendra Kushwaha, and 2 from Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal Prem Chand Gupta and Amarendra Dhari Singh Election, if request be, volition beryllium held connected March 16.
In the 2025 State Assembly elections, the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal won 25, the Congress 6, the Communist Party of India (Marxists-Leninist) 2, Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1, All India Majlish-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) 5, Bahujan Samaj Party 1 and Indian Inclusive Party of enactment main I.P. Gupta 1.
The NDA needs the enactment of 3 much MLAs, and the Opposition RJD needs the enactment of six legislators to container the 5th spot for which sanction of RLM main Upendra Kushwaha is said to person finalised from the NDA side.
