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Bihar Rural Development Minister Sharwan Kumar connected Friday (March 20, 2026) said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tin stay successful the station for the adjacent six months, contempt being elected to the Rajya Sabha successful the elections held recently. His comments came amid the statement implicit Mr. Nitish Kumar’s successor to the Chief Minister post.
He besides said Mr. Nitish Kumar volition resign wrong 14 days arsenic subordinate of the Bihar Legislative Council.
“One has to resign wrong 14 days arsenic subordinate of either House of the State legislature [after being elected arsenic an MP]. He tin resign wrong the stipulated clip framework but tin stay the Chief Minister of Bihar for the adjacent six months arsenic per provisions of the Constitution.”
The Prohibition of Simultaneous Membership Rules, 1950, framed nether Article 101 of the Indian Constitution, prohibits simultaneous rank successful some Parliament and State legislature. Individuals person to resign their legislature spot wrong 14 days of being elected to the Parliament, failing which their spot successful the Parliament becomes vacant. However, Article 164 (4) of the Constitution allows a idiosyncratic to beryllium appointed arsenic Chief Minister oregon Minister for up to six months without being a subordinate of the State legislature.
Asked astir Bharatiya Janata Party person and Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary being the frontrunner for the Chief Minister post, Mr. Sharwan Kumar said: “I person heard his sanction the aforesaid mode you person heard it. I indispensable archer you that large leaders volition instrumentality the decision.”
He added, “There is little information successful what you spot successful the media. The determination taken by large leaders erstwhile they beryllium unneurotic yet turns retired to beryllium true.”
During the ongoing Samriddhi Yatra, Mr. Nitish Kumar had hinted that Mr. Choudhary would beryllium his successor.
Asked specifically erstwhile the sanction of the adjacent Chief Minister would beryllium announced, Mr. Sharwan Kumar, besides a adjacent confidante of Mr. Nitish Kumar hailing from the aforesaid caste (Kurmi) and territory (Nalanda), said: “It whitethorn beryllium imaginable this period oregon adjacent month. Nitishji has been elected to the Rajya Sabha and the word of the existent Rajya Sabha subordinate ends connected April 9, truthful Nitishji volition instrumentality oath aft that. Once helium takes the oath, lone past the determination implicit the enactment of authorities volition beryllium taken.”
On March 19, during the Iftar enactment of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), its laminitis and Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi besides batted for Mr. Choudhary arsenic Chief Minister erstwhile asked by reporters.
“Nitish Kumar is simply a transparent idiosyncratic and helium does what helium thinks. If helium is giving such indications astir a leader, it should beryllium understood that helium volition not backmost out. I besides deliberation that Samrat Choudhary could beryllium the prime of Nitish Kumar for the station of Chief Minister,” Mr. Manjhi said.
Meanwhile, the 4th signifier of Samriddhi Yatra, the outreach programme launched by Mr. Nitish Kumar to reappraisal schemes and interact with people, ended connected March 20 aft covering 8 districts. The 5th signifier of the yatra would statesman from March 23.
The Chief Minister volition commencement the 5th signifier from Jehanabad, and screen Arwal, Kaimur, Rohtas, Buxar, Bhojpur, and his his hometown Nalanda, earlier concluding successful Patna connected March 26.
He ended his yatra by visiting Gaya and Aurangabad districts, wherever helium reviewed ongoing improvement projects.
