8 weeks into politics, Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar may join Bihar cabinet today

PATNA: Nishant Kumar, lad of JD(U) patriarch Nitish Kumar, is tipped to articulation the Bihar govt successful CM Samrat Choudhary's archetypal furniture enlargement Thursday, hardly 8 weeks aft his introduction into authorities arsenic the reluctant heir to his father's decades-long legacy.News of Nishant transitioning from governmental rookie to minister-in-waiting came successful the aftermath of JD(U)'s insistence connected parity with BJP successful the expanded cabinet. State JD(U) president Umesh Singh Kushwaha laid assertion Wednesday to 16 berths for his party, treble the fig of ministers from his enactment successful the erstwhile Nitish-led govt. BJP had 14 ministers successful that govt, formed aft NDA's landslide successful the 2025 polls. Sources said Nishant, who has been connected a "sadbhav yatra" crossed the authorities since his begetter discontinue arsenic CM and moved to the RS connected March 8, agreed to presume the ministerial relation aft a conscionable astatine Nitish's residence Wednesday betwixt Union curate Rajeev Ranjan Singh and JD(U) nationalist moving president Sanjay Kumar Jha. They convinced Nishant that joining the ministry volition fortify the enactment and springiness him governance experience, sources said.Besides Nishant, 2 caller faces from JD(U) are scheduled to instrumentality oath - Shailesh Kumar and B S Kushwaha. Eight JD(U) ministers from the erstwhile govt volition besides beryllium sworn in, taking the party's spot to 11 ministers.