Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar Chief Minister

1 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Apr 14, 2026 03:48 PM IST

JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar on Tuesday resigned as Bihar Chief Minister, ending his tenure as the longest serving CM of the state.

Before meeting Governor Syed Ata Hasnain to submit his resignation, Kumar recommended dissolution of his cabinet, state minister Ram Kripal Yadav said, as quoted by news agency PTI.

Last week, Kumar took oath as a member of Rajya Sabha.

The BJP, with 89 MLAs, is the single largest party in the 243-member state assembly and of the NDA coalition. The party will elect its legislature party leader at its office.

The 202-strong NDA includes 85 MLAs of the JD(U), 19 MLAs of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) and five of the Hindustani Awam Morcha. Additionally, there are five MLAs of Rashtriya Lok Morcha.