AdvertisementAsserting that he would endeavour to strengthen the JD(U) organisation, Nishant, 50, said he respected his father’s decision to shift to the Rajya Sabha. Nitish’s move has also set in motion a JD(U) exercise for Nishant’s elevation in the party and government in the coming days. JD(U) leaders and Nitish aides have already said that Nishant is going to become the JD(U) Legislature Party leader and Deputy CM soon. As Nishant, dressed in a white kurta-pyjama, started speaking, party workers clapped at his every sentence. Nalanda JD(U) MP Kaushlendra Kumar said: “Nishant will re-energise the party cadre.

Source: Indian Express March 09, 2026 01:35 UTC