India, March 30 -- Nitish Kumar, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha earlier this month, is likely to quit as a member of the Bihar legislature on March 30. As per the Constitution, when a member of a state legislature is elected to Parliament, they must resign within 14 days of the election. Nitish was elected to the Rajya Sabha on March 16 and, by law, must resign as an MLC by March 30.

Along with Kumar, BJP national president Nitin Nabin has also not yet resigned from the Bihar assembly as he rushed to Delhi for an important meeting.

"Both may resign on Monday, the last day, Nabin had some pressing engagement and it is no big deal" a party leader, HT reported earlier.

According to the Prohibition of Simultaneous Membership Rules, 195...