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Bihar Chief Minister and senior JDU leader Nitish Kumar was elected party president unanimously replacing Sharad Yadav today. His unanimous election to the top post at the party’s National Executive meeting brought an end to the decade-old tenure of Sharad Yadav, who had ruled himself out for a fourth term.
It is for the first time that Mr. Kumar, JD(U)’s face in Bihar, has been elected president of the state-centric party.
Its two previous presidents — George Fernandes and Sharad Yadav — were from outside Bihar, the state they virtually made their political home.
Mr. Kumar’s name was proposed by Mr. Yadav and seconded by the party’s secretary general K.C. Tyagi, general secretary Javed Raza, among others, party leaders said following the meeting.
With this Nitish got complete command of the party as it is trying to expand beyond the state and prepares for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.