New Delhi, March 30 -- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to resign from the state legislative council today, 30 March, weeks after his election to the Rajya Sabha. The move will clear the way for the Janata Dal (United) supremo's resignation from the chief ministerial post, allowing him to begin his term in the Rajya Sabha.

Nitish Kumar is not a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) but a Member of Legislative Council (MLC). One has to be a member of either house to be a chief minister.

JD (U) leader and MLA Anant Kumar Singh has confirmed Nitish Kumar's resignation. Kumar told reporters in Patna on Sunday saying that that the CM had already made up his mind and will tender his resignation from the post of MLC on Monday.

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