Nitish Kumar set to enter Rajya Sabha, assures support to new Bihar govt: 'There has been a desire in my heart'

Nitish Kumar

• Nitish Kumar to run for Rajya Sabha on March 16
• JD(U) leaders oppose Nitish's move, want him to remain Bihar CM
• Five Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar up for election soon

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said he  himself wants to become a member of the Rajya Sabha in the elections to be held on March 16.

"I seek to become a member of the Rajya Sabha in the elections being held this time. I want to assure you with complete honesty that my relationship with you will continue in the future as well, and my resolve to work together with you to build a developed Bihar will remain steadfast. The new government that will be formed will have my full cooperation and guidance," the CM wrote in a post on X.

पिछले दो दशक से भी अधिक समय से आपने अपना विश्वास एवं समर्थन मेरे साथ लगातार बनाए रखा है, तथा उसी के बल पर हमने बिहार की और आप सब लोगों की पूरी निष्ठा से सेवा की है। आपके विश्वास और समर्थन की ही ताकत थी कि बिहार आज विकास और सम्मान का नया आयाम प्रस्तुत कर रहा है। इसके लिए पूर्व में…

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) March 5, 2026

Nitish also said that from the very beginning of his parliamentary journey, there had been a desire in his heart to become a member of both Houses of the Bihar Legislature as well as both Houses of Parliament.

"For more than two decades, you have consistently placed your trust and support in me, and it is on the strength of that trust that we have served Bihar and all of you with complete dedication. It was the power of your trust and support that has enabled Bihar today to present a new dimension of development and dignity. For this, I have expressed my gratitude to you many times in the past as well," he said.

JD(U) members raise slogans

Janata Dal (United)'s Rajeev Ranjan Patel and party supporters on Thursday raised slogans in support of Nitish Kumar's leadership in the state and opposed his move to the Rajya Sabha.

JD(U) leader Rajeev Ranjan Patel told ANI, "We only want to see Nitish Kumar as the CM of Bihar. We are against Nitish Kumar going to the Rajya Sabha. We want his son Nishant Kumar to go to the Rajya Sabha."

A total of five Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar will go to the polls on March 16. The elections will be held as the tenures of JD(U)’s Harivansh Narayan Singh and Ram Nath Thakur, RJD’s Prem Chand Gupta and Amarendra Dhari Singh, and RLM’s Upendra Kushwaha come to an end.