Nishant’s affidavit places concentrate on unfinished diploma, rising earnings forward of Bihar MLC polls | India Information
3 min learnPatnaJun 10, 2026 10:16 PM IST
First printed on: Jun 10, 2026 at 10:16 PM IST
He’s solely Nishant, not Nishant Kumarhasn’t completed his engineering diploma, and has seen his earnings soar over 1600% between 2020-21 and 2024-25 — that’s what Bihar Well being Minister Nishant’s affidavit reveals as he prepares to contest the legislative council election.
The affidavit, submitted forward of the June 18 MLC election for 10 seats, reveals that opposite to the identify utilized in Janata Dal (United) posters and banners, former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s 44-year-old son goes by a single identify — Nishant. It additionally reveals that he accomplished solely 5 of the eight semesters of his Bachelor of Engineering course, which means he didn’t end the diploma.
This glimpse into his affidavit comes at a time when the rival Rashtriya Janata Dal has been elevating questions on Nishant’s instructional {qualifications}. For Nishant, considered one of 9 Nationwide Democratic Alliance candidates within the MLC polls, the election is essential to retaining his Cupboard berth: the Structure mandates {that a} minister should develop into a member of both Home inside six months of taking oath.
For Nishant, nonetheless, the election is essentially a formality. The NDA holds 202 of 243 seats within the Bihar Meeting, and every MLC candidate requires the votes of 25 MLAs.
The well being minister’s affidavit reveals that he handed his intermediate (10+2) examination from Patna Science School in 1998, enrolled within the Bachelor of Engineering (Pc Science) programme at Birla Institute of Know-how (BIT), Mesra, Ranchi, and accomplished 5 of eight semesters till 2001. Sources near him stated he couldn’t full the course resulting from well being causes.
Nishant lists his present tackle as 7, Round Street, the official residence of his father, Nitish Kumar. He’s registered as a voter in Patna’s Digha Meeting section.
The affidavit additionally reveals that Nishant’s earnings rose from Rs 7,16,780 in 2020-21 to Rs 1,28,28,400 in 2024-25, whereas his movable and immovable property stand at Rs 4.63 crore. His immovable property embrace 7.1 acres of agricultural land in his paternal village, Kalyanbigha in Nalanda; 4 residential buildings in Kalyanbigha, Bakhtiyarpur, Kankarbagh and Shastri Nagar in Patna; and a gifted 2,160 sq ft flat in Shastri Nagar valued at Rs 9.14 lakh in 2024.
Nishant, who took oath as a minister through the growth of the Samrat Choudhary authorities final month, was allotted the high-profile well being portfolio. Whereas deputy chief minister posts went to get together veterans Bijendra Prasad Yadav and Vijay Kumar Choudhary, the JD(U) has more and more projected Nishant as its future chief, underscored by his state-wide yatra from West Champaran within the first week of Could.
Nishant’s swift induction into the Cupboard and subsequent MLC nomination mark a major shift in Bihar’s political panorama. For years, Nitish Kumar publicly opposed dynastic politics and saved his household away from get together affairs. However with the veteran chief trying to safe his legacy and formalise the get together’s future management construction, Nishant’s elevation alerts a calculated transition throughout the JD(U), bringing the subsequent technology to the forefront of state governance.
