The National Democratic Alliance romped home with all five Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar and three in Odisha, and one from Haryana on Monday (March 16, 2026)
Nishant Kumar, son of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on Sunday (March 8, 2026), officially joined the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) at the party headquarters in Patna. JD(U) working president Sanjay Kumar Jha inducted Mr. Nishant Kumar into the party.
In his first remarks after reports of his Rajya Sabha nomination, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar assured that his resolve to work for the state will remain steady, affirming “full cooperation and guidance” to the new government that will be formed.
The Bihar government has introduced a statewide ban on the open sale of meat, just days before Ramadan, allowing only licensed traders to operate under stringent regulations.
“Parliament is not a place for drama; it is a place for delivery,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday in his customary remarks ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament. “For some time now, our Parliament is being used either as a warm-up arena for elections or as an outlet for frustration after defeat,” Mr. Modi went on to allege, referring to the Opposition.
After quitting politics and disowning her own family, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter once again hit out at the close aides of party leader and her brother Tejashwi Yadav.
The NDA is expected to apply the same formula for portfolio allocation that it used during ticket distribution, coalition insiders indicated. Under the emerging arrangement, Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) will continue to hold the Chief Minister’s post. Meanwhile, the BJP and Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas) are each likely to secure one Deputy Chief Minister position, signalling a balanced power-sharing structure within the alliance.
Bihar is trapped in a fiscal cycle where debt sustains expenditure but rarely builds assets. Here is a state which behind electoral fervour and populist promises struggling to balance ambition with capacity.
The Opposition Mahagathbandhan “no holds barred” campaign centred around the “vote chori” allegations and the spirited efforts by Prashant Kishor’s fledgling Jan Suraaj Party will fail to dethrone the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar, or so predict the exit polls. The average of all exit polls foretells a sweeping victory for the ruling alliance in Bihar.
The skies over Bihar turned into a battleground for weeks, as helicopters and chartered planes carried top politicians across the state in a campaign of unmatched scale and cost. By Sunday evening, the airborne armada fell silent, marking the end of campaigning for the second phase of assembly elections after more than 450 sorties, according to news sources.
