Nitish Kumar might step down as Bihar CM, transfer to Rajya Sabha; son Nishant may very well be Deputy CM

On a day Bihar celebrated Holi, there was hectic political exercise in Patna with hypothesis of Nitish Kumar resigning as Chief Minister and going to the Rajya Sabha doing rounds on Wednesday (March 4, 2026).

Candidatures for the Rajya Sabha election might be filed until Thursday (March 5, 2026). On Wednesday (March 4, 2026), political circles have been abuzz that Mr. Kumar, the Janata Dal (United) head, might make means for a Chief Minister from the Bharatiya Janata Get together, the JD(U)’s coalition companion, along with his son Nishant Kumar because the State’s Deputy Chief Minister.

Although the celebration remained tightlipped in regards to the matter, high JD(U) leaders, together with the celebration’s working president Sanjay Kumar Jha, and Union Minister and Munger MP Rajeev Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh), have been huddled in a gathering on the official residence of Mr. Kumar on 1, Anne Marg (until the time of reporting).

Earlier within the day, senior JD(U) leaders and Ministers in Mr. Kumar’s Cupboard, Bijendra Prasad Yadav and Ashok Choudhary, are mentioned to have spoken to the Chief Minister.

Within the final Meeting elections, the ruling NDA gained 202 seats with the JD(U) getting 85 and the BJP bagging 89 seats. The Lok Janshakti Get together (Ram Vilas) gained 19 seats and smaller events reminiscent of Rashtriya Lok Morcha, led by Upendra Kushwaha, bagged 4 and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) gained 5 seats. Within the 243-member State Meeting, a candidate wants the help of 41 MLAs to safe a Rajya Sabha seat.

Final November, Mr. Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the tenth time. Barring 9 months, when Jitan Ram Manjhi was the Chief Minister, Mr. Kumar has held the submit since November 2005.

On Tuesday (March 3, 2026), senior JD(U) chief and State Minister Shrawan Kumar introduced that Mr. Nishant will enter “lively politics”.  Some celebration leaders have been making the same demand, and posters have been put up on the celebration headquarters in Patna in help of the Chief Minister’s son.

Of the whole 16 Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar, 5 seats are falling vacant on April 9. The phrases of two JD(U) MPs Harivansh Narayan Singh, additionally Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, and Ram Nath Thakur, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, are ending. NDA ally and Rashtriya Lok Morcha chief Mr. Kushwaha’s tenure is ending together with these of two members from the Opposition bloc – Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) Prem Chand Gupta and Amarendra Dhari Singh.

Within the 2025 Meeting polls, the RJD gained 25 seats, the Congress six, the Communist Get together of India (Marxists-Leninist) two, Communist Get together of India (Marxist) one, AIMIM 5, Bahujan Samaj Get together one, and Indian Inclusive Get together one.

The NDA wants the help of three extra MLAs and the RJD that of six legislators to bag the fifth seat for which Mr. Kushwaha’s identify is claimed to have been finalised by the NDA.