It is now official that the current Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar will contest for Rajya Sabha and will file his nomination in the current election cycle. 75-year-old Nitish Kumar further said that the new cabinet will get his full support.
Nitish Kumar posted on the It is the power of your trust and support that has taken Bihar to a new dimension of development and glory today. For this I have expressed my gratitude to you many times in the past also.”
He wrote, “Since the beginning of my parliamentary career, I have had a desire to become a member of both the houses of the Bihar Legislative Assembly and the Parliament. Keeping this aspiration in mind, I am trying to become a Rajya Sabha member in the Rajya Sabha elections being held this time. I want to assure you with all sincerity that I will be with you in the future also, and my resolve to work with you for the development of a developed Bihar will remain firm. The new government to be formed will receive my full support and guidance.”
Nitish Kumar is the longest serving Chief Minister of Bihar. Kumar’s political life has been full of ups and downs. He entered politics as a member of the Janata Dal and became an MLA in 1985.
After this, Kumar and George Fernandes formed Samata Party in 1994. In 1996 he was elected to the Lok Sabha and served as a Union Minister in the Vajpayee government. In 2005, the NDA won majority in the Bihar Assembly and Kumar became the Chief Minister, leading a coalition government with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
In the 2010 state elections, the ruling coalition took power with an overwhelming majority. In June 2013, Kumar broke away from the BJP and formed an alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress. In 2014, he was replaced by Jitan Ram Manjhi, but he again became the Chief Minister in 2015 and led the Grand Alliance to victory in the same year. In 2017, Kumar returned to the NDA after breaking away from the RJD and led another alliance with the BJP in the 2020 state elections.
In August 2022, Kumar left the NDA and rejoined the grand alliance. In January 2024, Kumar once again left the Grand Alliance and rejoined the NDA. In 2025, he won his fifth election with an overwhelming majority and was sworn in as Chief Minister for the tenth time.
Kumar’s return to national politics could pave the way for the BJP to gain more clout in the government in Bihar and possibly even lay claim to the chief minister’s chair.