Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will transfer to the Rajya Sabha and his son Nishant Kumar will take over because the Deputy Chief Minister of the state. The subsequent Chief Minister who will step into Kumar’s footwear can be a BJP man, sources have stated.
The transfer to shift Kumar has been anticipated since earlier than the 2025 meeting elections. But motion was not taken in haste given Kumar’s illustrious monitor report.
Kumar, 75, has taken oath as Chief Minister for a report 10 occasions. He has been within the scorching seat since 2015, apart from the temporary interval when Jitan RAm Manjhi was the Chief Minister.
He has spearheaded the marketing campaign in Bihar — be it for the NDA or the Grand Alliance Mahagathbandhan, wherever he occurred to be.
And he gained the elections as one of the vital widespread Chief Ministers of the state with a strong help base that backed him regardless of all his political manoeuvrings and alter of camp.
In 2025, when he was nearly written off by political pundits, he made a triumphant comeback, buoyed by the help of the state’s girl, whose loyalty he gained along with his cycles for schoolgirls scheme and subsequently, the liquor ban within the state.