Is Nitish Kumar’s son joining politics? JD(U) leaders say likely after Holi: ‘He seems to be ready’

Over the past year, Nishant’s sanction has been doing the rounds wrong the JD(U).  Initially, a fewer enactment workers demanded that Nishant articulation the party. However, elder leaders dismissed it and played it down. But Nishant’s sanction inactive kept coming up astatine regular intervals, with elder JD(U) functionaries refraining from speaking connected the matter.

On January 8, 48-year-old Nishant, who has truthful acold been down the scenes, accompanied his begetter to their hometown of Bakhtiyarpur to unveil statues of state fighters. Speaking connected the sidelines of the event, conscionable a fewer steps distant from his father, helium told reporters: “If it is possible, delight ballot for the JD(U) and my begetter and bring him backmost (in the elections scheduled for aboriginal this year).”

This was his nationalist entreaty for the party. Before this, helium was past seen astatine a governmental relation astatine the clip of his father’s oath-taking ceremonial successful 2015. A week aft the event, elder JD(U) person and curate Shravan Kumar dropped immoderate hints astir Nishant joining politics. “We invited his (Nishant’s) statement. He has a just knowing of the authorities of the day,” said Shravan Kumar. Asked if Nishant should articulation politics, the minister, who hails from CM’s location territory of Nalanda, said, “Bilkul (of course). Youth with specified progressive ideas are invited successful politics. The determination volition beryllium taken astatine the close time.”

Nishant is the lone lad of Nitish Kumar and the precocious Manju Sinha. (Express Photo)

Though the JD(U) officially did not talk connected the matter, respective enactment leaders spoke astir his imminent introduction into the party. “(RJD head) Lalu Prasad had projected his lad Tejashwi Prasad Yadav arsenic the adjacent person of the enactment successful 2013. Ram Vilas Paswan besides projected his lad Chirag astir the aforesaid time. It was Chirag who had been instrumental successful bringing LJP to the NDA fold earlier the 2014 polls. That determination changed the governmental fortunes of the LJP. Similarly, Tejashwi had led the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan to 110 seats — lone 12 abbreviated of a bulk — successful the 2020 Assembly polls,” a person said.  He added that if Nishant had joined authorities a decennary ago, “he could person been a earthy heir to Nitish Kumar”.

“It is inactive not excessively late. We request to bring Nishant Kumar into the JD (U) fold for its future,” said different elder leader.

Nishant is the lone lad of Nitish Kumar and the precocious Manju Sinha. He is an engineering postgraduate from the Birla Institute of Technology successful Mesra.