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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar resigned from his rank successful the State Legislative Council, connected Monday (March 30, 2026), according to assembly president Awadhesh Narayan Singh.
JD-U MLC Sanjay Gandhi submitted Nitish Kumar’s resignation missive to the Legislative Council. Mr. Kumar is apt to instrumentality oath arsenic a subordinate of the Rajya Sabha connected April 10.
Mr. Kumar secured a Rajya Sabha spot done an election held connected March 16. According to the rules, helium was required to resign from his spot successful the State legislature — and measurement down from the Chief Minister’s station — wrong 14 days of being elected to Parliament. Two days ago, Bihar Assembly Speaker Prem Kumar had noted that the Bihar CM inactive had clip to resign, till March 30.
On the eve of Mr. Kumar’s resignation, elder leaders of his Janata Dal (United) enactment rushed to his authoritative residence successful Patna to clasp closed-door meetings, amidst pleas from a conception of the enactment for Mr. Kumar to stay successful Bihar, and a deficiency of clarity regarding his imaginable successor.
