On Friday, April 10, 2026, Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan administered the oath to Nitish Kumar as Bihar's elected Rajya Sabha MP at Parliament House, New Delhi.
Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman, J P Nadda, Rajiv Ranjan 'Lalan' Singh, Union Minister of State Arjun Ram Meghwal, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chowdhury, Saran Lok Sabha MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Congress MP Rajeev Shukla, Janata Dal-United working President Sanjay Jha, Bihar ministers were among those present
Following his election to the Rajya Sabha, Nitish Kumar -- Bihar's longest serving chief minister -- resigned from the Bihar Legislative Council, adhering to Constitutional requirements, on March 30, 2026.
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