After joining the party, Nishant said, “My father decided to go to the Rajya Sabha. It was his personal decision. We all respect it. We will keep working under his guidance. I will work to strengthen the party.”

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar`s decision to enter the Rajya Sabha as a "betrayal of the people`s mandate," alleging that the BJP engineered the move to install a "rubber stamp" chief minister in the socialist stronghold