Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar chief minister, BJP’s Samrat Choudhary to replace him

Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar resigned as the Bihar chief minister on Tuesday.

Soon after, the Bharatiya Janata Party unanimously elected Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary as its legislative party leader. He is expected to meet Governor Syed Ata Hasnain and stake claim to form the next government shortly.

Kumar’s resignation came after he was elected to the Upper House of Parliament on March 16 for the first time. He was sworn in as a Rajya Sabha MP on Friday.

Earlier on Tuesday, he recommended that the governor dissolve the Cabinet.

In a social media post, Kumar said that the new government in Bihar “will have my full cooperation and guidance”.

Choudhary will be the BJP’s first chief minister in Bihar.

आप जानते हैं कि 24 नवंबर, 2005 को राज्य में पहली बार एन०डी०ए० सरकार बनी थी। तब से राज्य में कानून का राज है और हम लगातार विकास के काम में लगे हुए हैं। सरकार ने शुरू से ही सभी तबकों का विकास किया है चाहे हिंदू हो, मुस्लिम हो, अपर कास्ट हो, पिछड़ा हो, अति पिछड़ा हो, दलित हो,…— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) April 14, 2026

Kumar had become the chief minister for the tenth time in November after the National Democratic Alliance won the Bihar Assembly polls, bagging 202 of the 243 seats.

While Kumar’s JD(U) had won 85 seats, almost doubling its...

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