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News India Live, Digital Desk: That historic moment arrived in the politics of Bihar on Monday, which was being anticipated for the last several days. Nitish Kumar, the longest serving Chief Minister of the state, submitted his resignation from the membership of Bihar Legislative Council (MLC) on Monday (30 March). With this, the formal beginning of the closing of ‘Nitish Chapter’ in the corridors of power of Bihar has begun. After being elected to Rajya Sabha, Nitish has taken this step due to constitutional obligations, who will now leave state politics and start a new innings in central politics.
Constitutional compulsion or well-thought-out strategy? According to the rules, after being elected as a Rajya Sabha member, a person has to resign the membership of the state legislature within 14 days. Nitish Kumar was elected Rajya Sabha member unopposed on March 16, the deadline for which was ending today. His close aide and JDU MLC Sanjay Gandhi submitted Nitish’s resignation to Legislative Council Chairman Awadhesh Narayan Singh. Although technically Nitish can remain on the post of Chief Minister for the next six months, discussions have intensified in political circles regarding the name of the new Chief Minister.
BJP may take command of Bihar With the resignation of Nitish, there is a murmur of change of leadership within the NDA alliance. It is believed that this time Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is fully ready to make its Chief Minister in Bihar. The name of Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary is leading in this race. At the same time, there is also a discussion about Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant Kumar, who is being promoted in active politics in recent times. BJP national president Nitin Naveen has also resigned from his assembly membership, which is pointing towards this big ‘change of power’.
‘Rare’ distinction of becoming a member of all four houses Nitish Kumar has now joined the list of very few politicians who have secured membership of all four houses of Parliament and State Legislature (Assembly, Legislative Council, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha). Nitish, who started his journey by becoming MLA from Harnaut in 1985, has come a long way in taking Bihar out of ‘Jungle Raj’ and creating the image of ‘Development Purush’. Now on April 10, he can take oath as a Rajya Sabha member, after which the process of getting a new ‘chief’ for Bihar will speed up.