India, March 6 -- As news of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar moving to the Rajya Sabha broke on Thursday, a large group of Janata Dal (United) leaders and workers gathered at the party office and CM's residence in Patna, seeking clarity on the development that signals a turning point in the state's politics and leaves questions unanswered on a potential leadership vacuum both in the party and state administration.

At the 1, Anne Marg residence of the CM in Patna, angry workers stopped some party lawmakers from entering the building. "People had voted to see Nitish as CM and not for him to go to Rajya Sabha," JD(U) leader Rajeev Ranjan Patel, who was leading a group of supporters, said.

Another JD(U) leader, requesting anonymity, said ...