NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who at the moment heads the state authorities with assist of the BJP, is prone to head to the Rajya Sabha, JDU sources instructed information company ANI.The affirmation from the JDU sources was in sharp distinction to earlier reported claims that Nitish Kumar had given the nod to his son Nishant Kumar to contest the Higher Home polls.As the event unfolds, senior chief and Bihar minister Vijay Chaudhary reached the residence of JDU nationwide working president Sanjay Jha in Patna. Nitish Kumar’s shut aide, JDU MLC Sanjay Gandhi, was current within the assembly.Union Minister and JDU chief Ram Nath Thakur additionally reached the residence of Sanjay Jha.Nonetheless, Union minister Giriraj Singh dismissed hypothesis that Nitish Kumar might step down and transfer to the Rajya Sabha.“Such jokes are widespread on Holi. Nitish Kumar ji is our chief minister,” Singh stated.In the meantime, Sanjay Gandhi instructed information company ANI that the choice on whether or not Nitish Kumar would enter the Rajya Sabha rests solely with the chief minister.“The chief minister will himself determine (whether or not he desires to go to the Rajya Sabha or not)… We had a gathering to strengthen the organisation in view of the polls,” he stated.The Election Fee of India (ECI) has introduced the schedule for the upcoming biennial elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to fill 37 seats throughout 10 states, because the phrases of the present members finish in April 2026, in response to a press be aware.The seats are set to fall vacant because the phrases of members elected from Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Telangana conclude subsequent month.As per the schedule, the notification shall be issued on February 26, marking the beginning of the election course of. The final date for submitting nominations is March 5, whereas scrutiny will happen on March 6. Candidates can withdraw their nominations till March 9.Polling shall be held on March 16, with the counting of votes scheduled for five pm the identical day.
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