Nitish Kumar now is a Membr of Rajyasabha, Take oath

On Friday Nitish Kumar took oath as a member of Rajya Sabha, marking an end to his two-decade stint in office and paving the way for a new Chief Minister.

The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan in his chamber at a brief ceremony. The Chairman later welcomed him as a member of the Upper House and on his return to Parliament.

in the presence of Union Minister J.P. Nadda, who is also leader of the House, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Panchayati Raj Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ram Nath Thakur and Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary was also present at the oath-taking. Mr. Chaudhary was not originally expected to accompany Mr. Kumar, due to his campaigns in West Bengal, according to sources. However, he reached the capital after BJP called a meeting with Bihar leaders in Delhi on Friday (April 10).

JDU leader and party’s working president Sanjay Kumar Jha, Congress chief whip in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh, besides BJP MP and former Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy and BJP chief whip in Lok Sabha Sanjay Jaiswal, were also among those present during the oath-taking.

Mr. Kumar skipped the customary tea with the attendees after the ceremony. Stepping out of the Parliament building, a nostalgic Mr. Kumar spoke about the time he was a member of the Lok Sabha and sat in the old Parliament building(UPDATED ON 10TH APRIL 2026)