Raja Sabha MP and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s close confidante Ramchandra Prasad Singh has been unanimously appointed as the national president of the Janata Dal (United), PTI reported quoting party’s close sources. 

The 62-year-old Rajya Sabha member from Bihar’s Nalanda took over from Nitish Kumar, who was re-elected as the president of the regional party in 2019 for three years. Singh was so far the general secretary of JD(U).

A senior leader told PTI that Kumar had proposed Singh’s name for the top post and during the party’s national executive meeting on Sunday, the other members approved it. 

Meanwhile, after the news broke, several JD(U) workers celebrated outside the party office in Patna.

“Nitish ji has chosen RCP Singh as JDU chief. We are celebrating it,” ANI quoted a party worker as saying. 

Before taking a dive into politics, Singh was Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer.