India, April 9 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar left for Delhi on Thursday to take oath as a Rajya Sabha member a day later, with the transition of power in Bihar expected to follow on his return. He is expected to meet top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders before returning to Patna. The BJP has also called a meeting in Delhi to work out the modalities for transition and have the new chief minister by mid-April.

Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) working president Sanjay Kumar Jha said the process to pick Kumar's successor will commence after the inauspicious period of 'Khadmas' ends on April 13. "Generally, people avoid important work in the Khadmas period. After he returns, the transition process will start from April 14," he said.

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