Similar to his father and Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar, newly-inducted Bihar Health Minister Nishant Kumar is likely to enter the State Legislative Council next month.
Mr. Nitish had also been a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) during his tenure as Chief Minister of the State for over two decades. On June 28, as many as 10 seats of the State’s Upper House are going to fall vacant, and elections to the seats may be announced around the end of May.
Out of 10 seats, nine are going to be vacated on June 28, while one seat held by Mr. Nitish was already vacated when he got elected to the Rajya Sabha on March 30. Of the 10 seats getting vacated, five are from the ruling coalition partner JD(U), two each from BJP and Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal while one seat is from the Congress.
Apart from former CM Nitish Kumar, four other JD(U) leaders will see their tenure as legislators expire next month — Ghulam Gaus, Bhishm Sahani, Kumud Verma and Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha.
Mr. Kushwaha was elected to the Assembly in 2025 and also recently became Minister of Planning and Development in Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary’s Cabinet. The two BJP seats to fall vacant are those of Chief Minister Samarat Choudhary, whose term ended last year when he was elected to the Assembly from Tarapur constituency and Sanjay Mayukh, whose term will end on June 28.
