PATNA, March 17 -- Continuing with his pan-state Samriddhi Yatra spread across several phases, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday resumed the fourth leg from Bahagalpur hours after receiving the certificate of election to the Rajya Sabha from party's working president and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Kumar Jha at his residence.

Samriddhi Yatra, which commenced from January 16, may have one more phase to complete the entire state for direct feedback from the people, reviewing the ongoing schemes and preparing ground work for new initiatives that Nitish Kumar's yet-to-be-named successor would take forward after power transition in keeping with the pre-poll promises.

After the fourth phase, which ends on March 20, the process for the JD...