India, March 4 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has done away with his aversion for "dynasty politics", and agreed on Tuesday to launch his only son Nishant in politics, a development that led to jubilations in the JD(U) and triggered speculation of a Rajya Sabha berth for the scion.

The announcement came from State Rural Development Minister and senior party leader Shrawon Kumar, who has been a close aide of the JD(U) supremo since the Samata Party days in the 1990s.

"On the eve of Holi, I have some good news to share with the people of Bihar. It has been some time since there have been demands, from within the JD(U) as well as from among the State's youth, that Nishant, the son of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, join politics. Decks ...