North India Statesman
News India Live, Digital Desk: In Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s home district Nalanda on Thursday (26 March 2026) An interesting and shocking sight was seen during the ‘Samriddhi Yatra’ and public dialogue program organized on. When the Chief Minister came from the stage to address the public, the crowd present there raised a new political demand instead of development works. The women and JDU workers attending the meeting raised slogans in unison. ‘Put Nishant on the chair and go to Delhi’. During this time in the field “Jai Nishant, Tay Nishant” Slogans were echoed, which has again heated up the discussion of succession in Bihar politics.
“Bihar will become like a widow”: Emotional appeal of supporters
During the dialogue programme, the situation became emotional when supporters expressed their concern over the speculations of Nitish Kumar going to Delhi (national politics).
Big statement: Supporters said that without Nitish Kumar, the situation in Bihar would be like “a woman becomes a widow without her husband”.
Farewell with condition: People bluntly said that if Nitish Kumar has to go to Delhi to serve the country, then he should give the command of Bihar to his son. Nishant Kumar Hand it over and go.
JDU leaders also joined in: “Nishant deserves the post”
The surprising thing was that this demand of the public was also echoed by the senior leaders of the party present on the stage:
Neeraj Kumar (MLC): JDU’s chief spokesperson asked the public from the stage whether they would give their blessings to Nishant Kumar. To which the crowd agreed with great noise.
Rampreet Mandal (MP): The MP openly said that Nishant Kumar is an educated (engineering graduate) and sorted person. He is capable of handling whatever post of CM or Deputy CM he gets because he ‘deserves’ it.
Anant Singh’s support: Let us tell you that Bahubali Anant Singh had also recently expressed his ‘heart’s desire’ to make Nishant Kumar the Chief Minister.
Nitish Kumar’s silence and slogan of 2025-30
Even when the Chief Minister stood up to give a speech, people did not calm down. The public gave him his old election promises “25 to 30, again Nitish” Reminded of.
CM’s reaction: Nitish Kumar remained calm during all this sloganeering, although a smile was seen on his face. He did not directly mention Nishant’s name in his speech, but by inaugurating schemes worth Rs 810 crore, he definitely gave the message that he will not let the pace of development slow down.
Nishant Kumar: Hints of entry into politics?
Nishant Kumar, who remained simple and away from politics for a long time, has been seen quite active in recent times.
JDU Joining: According to sources and media reports, Nishant 8 March 2026 Officially took membership of JDU.
Secret Meetings: Recently, he went to the house of former president Lalan Singh and had a confidential meeting of 15 minutes, which is being considered as part of the process of deciding the ‘successor’.
