India, March 4 -- Months after a massive victory for the BJP-JD(U) alliance in Bihar that paved the way for a record 10th term for Nitish Kumar, the JD(U) supreme who held the helm of the state politics is all set for a new role.

Sources told HT that Nitish Kumar is likely to enter the Rajya Sabha, marking a new turn in Bihar politics, which has already seen several twists and turns over the past decade.

Nitish is likely to file nomination for the Rajya Sabha polls in Patna, PTI quoted sources as saying. The political development would mean that Nitish can no longer remain the chief minister of Bihar, a state dominated by JD(U) for the last two decades, irrespective of whether RJD or BJP alliance comes to comes.

Earlier in the day, a c...