Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Rabri Devi on Saturday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Get together is forcing Nitish Kumar out of Bihar and that he shouldn’t give up after submitting his candidature for the Rajya Sabha elections.
He mentioned this was not a voluntary “retirement” however a strategic push by the Bharatiya Janata Get together (NDA’s senior accomplice after its landslide victory in 2025), suggesting that it now needs the CM submit for itself.
“The Bharatiya Janata Get together is forcing Nitish Kumar out of Bihar. He has misplaced his thoughts. Nitish Kumar shouldn’t go away Bihar,” she mentioned.
Her remarks come amid main political adjustments in Bihar after Nitish Kumar filed his candidature for Rajya Sabha in Patna on Thursday within the presence of Union House Minister Amit Shah. In addition to Kumar, different Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidates, together with Upendra Kushwaha and Bihar Bharatiya Janata Get together chief Nitin Navin, had earlier filed their nominations.
Nitish Kumar, who has been Bihar’s longest-serving chief minister for over twenty years, had earlier introduced that he’ll transfer to India’s Rajya Sabha and file for nomination in the course of the present election cycle. The 75-year-old additionally mentioned he totally helps the brand new cupboard.
“I’m aspiring to turn into Rajya Sabha member within the upcoming elections. I want to actually guarantee you that my relationship with you’ll proceed and my resolve to work with you to construct a developed Bihar is unwavering. The brand new authorities to be fashioned has my full cooperation and steering,” Nitish Kumar posted on X.
Voting for the subsequent biennial Council of State elections to fill 37 seats in 10 states is scheduled to happen on March 16, with votes to be counted at 5 p.m. the identical day.
In accordance with a press notice, the phrases of the 37 MPs elected from Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Telangana will finish in April, leaving seats vacant for brand new MPs.
Then again, the political transition appears to be inflicting a generational change inside the JD(U) as properly. Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant Kumar will formally be part of the social gathering on Sunday. He met social gathering leaders and younger MLAs on the residence of JD(U) nationwide working group president Sanjay Kumar Jha on Saturday.
JD(U) leaders at present mentioned the social gathering’s future technique and the easiest way ahead after social gathering chief Nitish Kumar is about to return to the centrist fold with a seat in Rajya Sabha in a historic transfer.
Mr. Nishant has led a low-profile life as a software program engineer (an alumnus of BIT Mesra), however with each Mr. Nitish and Mr. Sanjay Jha set to characterize the JD(U) within the Higher Home, there may be intense hypothesis that he could also be appointed deputy chief minister within the new NDA authorities or take up a management position inside the social gathering within the vacuum. (Ani)
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