New Delhi, March 5 -- It is official. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is headed to the Rajya Sabha. The ten-time Bihar CM confirmed that he is filing a nomination for the Upper House in a post on X.

The Janata Dal United Chief and ten-time chief minister of Bihar will file nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha today. With his nomination, the chief minister's seat will be vacated, and Bihar will have a new chief minister months after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured a landslide victory in the state's assembly elections.

Elections to five Rajya Sabha seats are due in Bihar. While the JD(U) holds two of these Rajya Sabha seats, the BJP is expected to contest on two seats. BJP has nominated its national president Nitin Nabin...