New Delhi, March 30 -- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar resigned as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) in Bihar today, 30 March. The Janata Dal (United) chief, a central figure of Bihar politics, was elected to the Rajya Sabha on 16 March.

The resignation would also pave the way for the Janata Dal (United) supremo to step down as Bihar's Chief Minister, marking the end of his two-decade-long tenure in one of India's most politically crucial states.

Kumar did not fight the assembly elections. He is not a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Instead, Kumar is an MLC. A chief minister of a state must be a member of one of the state's houses - the assembly or the council.

Now that Kumar is headed to the Rajya Sabha in Parliame...