India, March 8 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's son, Nishant Kumar, kickstarted his political journey on Sunday, as he formally joined the Janata Dal (United) in Patna. His entry into the party comes in the wake of the JD(U) supremo's decision to move to the Rajya Sabha and thus vacate the CM's chair, which is set to go to ally BJP now.

Earlier, speculation was rife that Nishant - an engineering graduate like his father and is in his 40s - would be JD(U)'s nominee for the Rajya Sabha seat from Bihar. However, with Nitish Kumar, 75, himself set for an Upper House move, Nishant has joined the JD(U), apparently in keeping with the sentiments of party workers who'd been demanding his entry into politics for several years.

Ahead of his...