New Delhi, March 5 -- Less than four months after taking oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a record 10th term - and just four days after turning 75 - Nitish Kumar has decided to move to the Rajya Sabha. And in doing so, the Janata Dal United chief has paved the way for its ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to have its leader in charge.

The move not only ends ailing Nitish's two-decade tenure in Bihar but paves the way for the saffron party to have its first chief minister in the politically crucial state.

Nitish's move will trigger a fresh political churn in Bihar. Once elected to Rajya Sabha, a foregone conclusion, Nitish will have to resign as chief minister of Bihar.

In a message addressed to the people of Bihar ahead of the mo...