New Delhi, March 5 -- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is quitting. The Janata Dal (United) chief, who has been a central figure of Bihar politics for nearly two decades, will file a nomination for Rajya Sabha and enter the Upper House of Parliament in the national capital.

Kumar's switch to the Upper House of Parliament is historic, as he would be the first sitting chief minister to announce his decision to move to the Rajya Sabha. Before him, Chief Ministers have moved from the state to the Centre, but only after a gap.

Former Tripura CM Biplab Deb, for example, chose the path to the Rajya Sabha in 2022, months after resigning as chief minister. Kumar made the announcement in the middle of his tenth term as chief minister.

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