JDU Gives Bihar MLC Ticket To Nitish Kumar's Son Nishant Kumar
Former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) on Friday released a list of candidates for the 2026 Bihar Legislative Council elections and by-elections. Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar, who recently entered politics, has been given a ticket from Patna.
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Patna: Former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) on Friday released its first list of candidates for the 2026 Bihar Legislative Council elections and by-elections. Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar, who recently entered politics, has been given a ticket for the MLC elections from Patna.
JD(U) has also given tickets to three other leaders:
- Bharti Mehta from Madhubani (MLC elections)
- Shivani Devi Prajapati from West Champaran (MLC elections)
- Lalan Prasad from Sheikhpura (MLC by-elections)
Nishant Kumar, who presently serves as the Health Minister of Bihar, made his much-awaited political debut in March after his father resigned from the post of the Chief Minister. An engineering graduate from Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, Nishant had no prior political involvement.
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