New Delhi, April 14 -- After nearly two decades of shaping Bihar's political landscape, Nitish Kumar resigned as Chief Minister on Tuesday, just hours after dissolving his cabinet. The state's longest-serving Chief Minister arrived at Lok Bhavan in Patna to submit his resignation to Governor Syed Ata Hasnain. Notably, Kumar had taken oath as a Member of the Rajya Sabha on April 10.

The dissolution came after a final cabinet meeting at the Old Secretariat in Patna, where Nitish Kumar informed his ministerial colleagues of his decision, a constitutional formality required before a chief minister may formally resign.

Earlier PTI quoted, State minister Ram Kripal Yadav, speaking to reporters outside, describing the scene within, "It was a v...