Overview
- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta greeted Nitin Nabin at the airport on his first trip to the capital since being elected to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar.
- The NDA secured all Bihar Rajya Sabha seats in Monday’s count, consolidating its numbers nationally.
- Official tallies showed Nitish Kumar and Nitin Nabin with 44 votes each, Upendra Kushwaha and Ram Nath Thakur with 42 each, and Shivesh Ram winning via second-preference transfers after an initial 30.
- Gupta praised Nabin’s leadership and said his entry to the Upper House would strengthen efforts focused on public welfare and national priorities.
- Nabin congratulated fellow NDA winners and described his election as an important responsibility to raise Bihar’s development issues more forcefully on the national stage.