Nishant Kumar is clear: he wants his party, the JD(U), a key ally of the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance at the Centre and in Bihar, to strengthen and expand its reach.
In 2012, the party fielded candidates in 219 Assembly constituencies but failed to win any seat. It did not contest the 2017 Assembly elections.
For this, Kumar, son of former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, says his party will contest the Uttar Pradesh state polls due early next year as part of the NDA alliance. “Our organisation has been present in several states across the country, and I have come here to strengthen and expand our organisation,” he said. “With the Legislative Assembly elections set to take place in 2027, we are considering entering the contest, and we will strive to contest these elections as a constituent party of the NDA,” he said. Kumar, who is also the Bihar Health Minister, said his aim is to take his “father’s ideology to every single person”. “I would also urge our party workers to implement here (UP) the same model that my father developed and followed in Bihar over the course of 20 years,” he stressed. He underscored that his party will complement the “development” model being led by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, nipping in the bud any talk of competition between the two allies.
