New Delhi, March 5 -- Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Thursday alleged that a "leadership coup" has taken place in Bihar, "betraying" the mandate of the people, as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar confirmed that he will file a nomination for the Rajya Sabha election.

In a post on X, Jairam Ramesh said, "What the Indian National Congress had been saying often during the Bihar election campaign has now come to pass. A leadership coup and regime change orchestrated by G2 has taken place. It is, in many ways, a huge betrayal of the mandate of the people."

Nitish Kumar has confirmed that he will be heading to the Rajya Sabha and will file his nomination in the current cycle of elections. The 75-year-old further said that the new Cabinet would ...