Nitish Kumar To Resign As Bihar CM? JDU Chief Likely To File Rajya Sabha Nomination, Say Sources

Last Updated:March 04, 2026, 16:14 IST

Nitish Kumar, the JDU chief, is set to file his nomination for the upper house of Parliament on Thursday.

Bihar’s political temperature surged sharply amid growing speculation that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may step down from the state’s top post after being elected to the Rajya Sabha. Nitish Kumar, the JDU chief, is set to file his nomination for the upper house of Parliament on Thursday, and News18 Hindi sources confirmed that he will not continue as Bihar’s Chief Minister once elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha.

The development has triggered a frenzy of speculation in political circles across Patna and Delhi about who will succeed him- and what role, if any, his son Nishant Kumar will play in the new political arrangement.

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