New Delhi, March 24 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is set to be elected unopposed as the president of JD (U) on Tuesday, with no other candidate filing nomination for the party's top post.
The deadline for withdrawing nominations for the candidature of Janata Dal (United) president was 11 am on March 24 (Tuesday), according to Mohammad Nisar, the party's national general secretary.
"Since only Nitish Kumar has filed his nomination, Aneel Prasad Hegde, the returning officer and former Rajya Sabha MP, will issue Kumar's election certificate today at 2:30 pm," he said.
JD (U) working president and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kumar Jha, Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, Bihar minister Shrawan Kumar, and other senior party leaders will be present at the event, he added.
Kumar filed his nomination on Thursday. Jha, who was one of the proposers for Kumar, had submitted his nomination at the party's central office here. The Bihar chief minister did not come to Delhi to file his nomination.
The last date for filing nominations for the post was March 22, while the date for scrutinizing the candidates' documents was March 23.
Kumar took over the reins of JD (U) ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, following Rajiv Ranjan Singh's resignation as party president in December 2023.
