Nitish Kumar takes oath as Rajya Sabha member, Bihar likely to get a new CM next week

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha. The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha chairman C P Radhakrishnan in his chamber at a brief ceremony.

Kumar took the oath in Hindi in the presence of Union Minister J P Nadda, who is also the leader of the house, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal.

JDU leader and party's working president Sanjay Kumar Jha, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, and BJP MP and former union minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy were among those present at the oath-taking ceremony.

The swearing-in as Rajya Sabha member paves the way for the Janata Dal (United) supremo to step down as Bihar’s Chief Minister, marking the end of his two-decade-long tenure in one of India’s most politically crucial states.

The NDA is likely to elect a new chief minister of Bihar on 14 April.

Kumar resigned as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) in Bihar today, 30 March. The Janata Dal (United) chief, a central figure of Bihar politics, was elected to the Rajya Sabha on 16 March.