JD(U) National President Nitish Kumar has announced the party’s new national executive committee, comprising 24 leaders.
His close associate and Rajya Sabha MP, Sanjay Kumar Jha, will continue as the party’s National Working President. Senior party leader and former Jehanabad MP Chandreshwar Prasad Chandravanshi has been appointed National Vice President, while Alok Kumar Suman will serve as Treasurer.
Several senior leaders have been assigned key responsibilities, including the appointment of 12 National General Secretaries. These include Manish Kumar Verma, Afaq Ahmad Khan, Shyam Rajak, Ashok Choudhary, Ramesh Singh Kushwaha, Ram Sevak Singh, Kahkashan Parveen, Kapil Harishchandra Patil, Raj Singh Mann, Sunil Kumar alias Engineer Sunil, Harshvardhan Singh, and Maulana Ghulam Rasool Baliyawi.
Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, Ravindra Prasad Singh, Vidya Sagar Nishad, Dayanand Rai, Sanjay Kumar, Mohammad Nisar, Ruhi Tagung, and Nivedita Kumari have been appointed as National Secretaries.
Rajiv Ranjan Prasad will continue as the JD(U)’s National Spokesperson as well.
However, Nitish Kumar’s son, Nishant Kumar, has not been included in the new executive committee.
Earlier, when Nitish Kumar announced his decision to step down as Bihar Chief Minister and move to the Rajya Sabha, Nishant Kumar was widely seen as a potential Deputy Chief Minister in the new government. However, he declined the opportunity and instead chose to enter active politics.
On March 8, Nishant formally joined the party founded by his father and has since been actively involved in its affairs. Over the past weeks, he has held a series of meetings with party spokespersons, senior leaders, youth leaders, and other office-bearers from across the state.
He has also announced plans for a statewide tour aimed at strengthening the party organisation. The tour is scheduled to begin on May 3 from West Champaran district. While the detailed programme is yet to be released, he is expected to visit all 38 districts and interact directly with party workers and the public.
His growing involvement had fuelled speculation that he might be given a significant organisational role within the JD(U). However, his exclusion from the new executive committee raises questions about whether Nitish Kumar is seeking to avoid perceptions of promoting dynastic politics.