Following his election to the Rajya Sabha, Nitish Kumar resigned from the Bihar Legislative Council, adhering to constitutional requirements and prompting speculation about future political strategies in Bihar.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha earlier this month, resigned from the state legislative council on Monday, Bihar Legislative Council chairman Awadhesh Narayan Singh said.
The Janata Dal-United president was elected to the upper House of Parliament on March 16, and according to party insiders, the 14-day period during which he has to quit as MLC ends Monday.
"It is stipulated in the Constitution that you should resign within 14 days. Things will happen accordingly," Sanjay Kumar Jha, the national working president of the JD-U, had told reporters in Patna last week.
There is no clarity on when the 75-year-old JD-U supremo was expected to step down as chief minister.