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A time aft Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar filed his information papers for the Rajya Sabha, helium assured affectional leaders of his Janata Dal (United) enactment that helium would not wantonness them and would support monitoring the State’s development.
During a important gathering astatine his authoritative residence connected Friday (March 6, 2026), JD(U) leaders besides offered their “wholehearted” enactment to Nitish Kumar’s lad Nishant Kumar, who plans to articulation the enactment connected March 8 and past embark connected a circuit of the State.
“At the gathering of JD(U) MPs, Ministers and Legislature members held astatine the Chief Minister’s authoritative residence, Mr. Kumar assured enactment leaders that they bash not person to interest astatine each arsenic helium would beryllium astir with them [even aft going to the RS]. He volition support monitoring improvement works of Bihar,” JD(U) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar told journalists aft emerging from the 45-minute meeting.
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‘Nishant volition instrumentality the enactment ahead’
Asked astir Nishant Kumar, Neeraj Kumar said: “Though helium was not contiguous successful the meeting, his dependable was there. He volition instrumentality superior rank of the enactment connected March 8, and thereafter circuit crossed the State.”
Earlier, the Bihar’s Minority Welfare Minister and JD(U) person Zama Khan had said that Nishant Kumar would articulation the enactment connected March 5, but this did not happen. At the gathering connected Friday (March 6, 2026), the connection for Nishant Kumar to articulation the enactment came from JD(U) moving president Sanjay Kumar Jha and was supported “wholeheartedly” by each enactment leaders, said Neeraj Kumar. “The full enactment is down Nishant Kumar... He volition beryllium successful progressive politics,” helium added.
“Nishant Kumar volition instrumentality the enactment ahead,” added elder JD(U) person Rajeev Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, who is besides the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Before the meeting, JD(U) Bihar president Umesh Kushwaha was re-elected to the station unopposed, for his 3rd consecutive term. He is an MLA representing Mahnar successful Vaishali district.
Earlier successful the day, the State’s Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, some from the BJP, had a closed doorway gathering with the CM astatine his authoritative residence. The details of their treatment is not known.
Rajya Sabha canvass prospects
On March 5, Mr. Kumar and 4 different NDA candidates had filed information papers for the 5 Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar becoming vacant connected April 9. The lone campaigner from the Opposition, Amarendra Dhari Singh of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, besides filed papers for his re-nomination. Later connected Friday (March 6, 2026), helium told journalists that helium had got the enactment of the 41 MLAs required to triumph the predetermination to the Upper House.
“One doesn’t travel to contention the canvass to beryllium defeated. I person the enactment of 41 MLAs and volition triumph the poll,” helium said, erstwhile came to the State legislature connected Friday (March 6, 2026) for scrutiny of his information papers. The predetermination for the 5 Rajya Sabha seats is scheduled to instrumentality spot connected March 16. According to their information papers, Mr. Singh is the richest of the six candidates from Bihar, portion Nitish Kumar is the poorest.
The BJP has besides fielded its nationalist president Nitin Nabin and erstwhile MLA Shivesh Kumar, portion the JD(U) has fielded Union Minister Ram Nath Thakur, isolated from the Bihar CM. Rashtriya Lok Morcha main Upendra Kushwaha was the 5th NDA candidate. Both Mr. Thakur and Mr. Kushwaha are sitting MPs seeking re-nomination.
With 202 NDA MLAs successful the 243-strong State Assembly, the ruling confederation volition request the enactment of conscionable 3 much MLAs to triumph the 5th seat. The Opposition, which holds 35 MLAs, volition request the enactment of six legislators beyond their confederation to clasp connected to a azygous seat.
