Patna, March 9 -- Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD) National President Tej Pratap Yadav remarked on Sunday that Nishant Kumar, son of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, should have entered politics sooner, given his youth and potential.

Adressing a press conference in Patna, Yadav said, "Nishant should have entered politics earlier. He is young, even though he is older than me, but it's good that he has joined it now."

Nishant Kumar formally joined the JD(U) a day earlier, marking an unprecedented shift in Bihar politics. The development comes amid a major political transition in Bihar, with Nitish Kumar having filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha earlier this week, signalling the end of his long tenure as the state's Chief Minister.

The ...