NEW DELHI, June 22 -- Former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who took oath as a Rajya Sabha member in April this year, will not be part of the parliamentary standing committee of the railways.

"The nomination of Shri Nitish Kumar, Member, Rajya Sabha to the Standing Committee on Railways, notified vide Para No. 5267 of Lok Sabha Bulletin - Part II dated 04.06.2026, stands withdrawn," a notice issued by the Lok Sabha secretariat has said.

The standing committee on railways, which comprises members from the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, falls under the administrative purview of the Lok Sabha.

Kumar served as the railways minister for a little over a year between July 1998 and August 1999, when he resigned following the Gaisal train d...