Overview
- Shravan Kumar, an eight-time MLA from Nalanda, was confirmed as JD(U) legislature party leader Tuesday by a Bihar Assembly notice.
- JD(U) lawmakers, who met Monday at Nitish Kumar’s Patna residence, unanimously empowered him to pick the leader to keep the party unified before the April 24 trust vote.
- Nitish Kumar, now a Rajya Sabha MP, said he will spend most of his time in Bihar and tour the state to review development work except during Parliament sessions.
- His son Nishant holds no formal role because he is not a legislator, and after declining a ministerial berth he plans a Bihar tour starting May 3.
- JD(U) remains central to the NDA government led by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, holding 84 Assembly seats and the deputy CM posts of Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and Bijendra Prasad Yadav.