Nitish Kumar takes oath as Rajya Sabha MP: Harivansh arrives in Rajya Sabha for third time

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was sworn in as a Rajya Sabha MP on Friday. Meanwhile, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, J.P. Nadda and Arjun Ram Meghwal were also present. At the same time, the Chief Minister has set a record of being a member of all four Houses. He has reached the Rajya Sabha for the first time and has been elected as a member of the Lok Sabha 6 times. He was a member of the Bihar Legislative Council 4 times and the Legislative Assembly 2 times. After the swearing-in, Nitish Kumar is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. It is likely to discuss the new political strategy of Bihar and the form of the NDA government. According to sources, the meeting is likely to discuss the new Bihar CM and the new cabinet of the new government. Earlier on Friday morning, senior leaders from Bihar reached Delhi to meet him. JD(U) working president Sanjay Jha and Rajya Sabha MP Ram Nath Thakur met in the morning. Later, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary, Ministers Ashok Chaudhary and Madan Sawhney met. After Kharmas, the new government in Bihar is being told that Nitish Kumar will return to Patna on Friday evening itself. The final cabinet meeting will be held on April 13. On April 14, Nitish Kumar is likely to resign from his post. On the same day, a meeting of the NDA legislature party will also be held, in which the new CM will be sealed. On his arrival in Delhi on Thursday, CM Nitish said, "I will stay here now. I have worked here (Delhi) for a long time, now I will work here again. I have done a lot of work in Bihar for 20 years and will continue to do so," he said. According to JDU sources, the existing formula of the NDA will be carried forward. According to this, the JDU can get the post of Deputy CM for the first time. The party can have 2 deputy CMs. At the same time, the post of Assembly Speaker will also be held by the JD(U). According to JDU sources, it is almost certain that Nishant Kumar will become one of the party's 2 deputy CMs. In such a situation, the leadership of the party in Bihar will be in the hands of Nishant.