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The ruling Janata Dal (United) connected Monday (March 16, 2026) announced the day for the predetermination of its nationalist president, connected the time polls were held to elite Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to the Rajya Sabha, with the enactment person apt to clasp the post.
According to enactment sources, information papers for the predetermination volition beryllium filed connected March 22 and tin beryllium withdrawn by March 24. If much than 1 information is filed, polling volition beryllium conducted connected March 27. Mr. Kumar is presently holding the posts of some the party’s nationalist president and the Chief Minister of Bihar. In each likelihood, helium would beryllium re-elected to the position. Sanjay Kumar Jha is presently the party’s nationalist moving president.
“After being elected to the Rajya Sabha, Nitish Kumar would person (greater) opportunities to signifier nationalist governmental strategy portion maintaining power implicit the party’s organisation,” said a elder enactment person connected the information of anonymity. “In that way, helium would proceed to beryllium regarded arsenic the cardinal fig successful the party’s organisational and governmental leadership,” helium said.
Another enactment person who besides preferred not to beryllium named said, “Mr. Kumar is apt to re-assume complaint arsenic the party’s nationalist president again. Any contention for the party’s apical station is improbable arsenic the presumption has historically been decided done consensus.”
Mr. Kumar has been the Chief Minister of Bihar for implicit 2 decades and has besides held the party’s apical organisational station for respective years. His sanction precocious figured among the 5 NDA candidates from the State for the Rajya Sabha predetermination held connected Monday. With the NDA having the required spot successful the Assembly, each 5 candidates are acceptable to triumph the poll. They are expected to instrumentality the oath arsenic members of the Upper House connected April 10 aft the presumption of the 5 outgoing candidates extremity connected April 9.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister is scheduled to motorboat the fourth-phase of the Samriddhi Yatra connected March 17 from Bhagalpur and Banka districts, which volition culminate connected March 20 successful Gaya and Aurangabad districts. During this signifier of the yatra, Mr. Kumar would reappraisal authorities works and projects and laic instauration stones for respective sachems. The sojourn volition screen Bhagalpur, Banka, Jamui, Nawada, Munger, Lakhisarai, Gaya and Aurangabad districts. The 3rd signifier of the campaign, held connected March 14, was undertaken successful Madhepura, Supaul, Katihar, Araria, Purnea, Kishanganj, Saharsa, Begusarai, Khagaria and Sheikhpura districts.
The archetypal signifier of the yatra was held betwixt January 16 and January 24, opening successful West Champaran territory and covering East Champaran, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Gopalganj, Saran, Siwan, Muzaffarpur and Vaishali. In the 2nd limb of the run undertaken from January 27 to 29, Mr. Kumar visited Darbhanga, Madhubani and Samastipur districts. The yatra was temporarily discontinued due to the fact that of the astir month-long Budget league of the State legislature. Earlier, from December 2024 to February 2025, the Chief Minister had besides undertaken the Pragati Yatra crossed the state.
With the announcement of the predetermination docket for the party’s apical post, respective enactment leaders said that Mr. Kumar’s enactment would stay important for maintaining stableness successful the organisation.
