Overview
- The JD(U) national council unanimously ratified Nitish Kumar’s re-election as party president at meetings held in Patna on Sunday and authorised him to create a trust to manage the party’s movable and immovable assets.
- At the state council the party passed a resolution assigning Nitish’s son Nishant Kumar a ‘big role’ in the organisation and publicly described him as the party’s future leader.
- Delegates approved organisational measures to professionalise the party, including membership drives the party says have crossed 10 million, training workshops, political classes, and a larger social media push.
- Leaders framed the moves as a smooth, orderly transfer of authority that keeps JD(U) aligned with the BJP-led NDA and flagged plans to expand the party’s footprint, including discussions about contesting seats in Uttar Pradesh.
- The meetings also addressed governance concerns by noting that the Bihar government has ordered a judicial inquiry into the encounter killing of Bharat Thakur, showing the party is responding publicly to the controversy while reorganising.