Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar CM: As it happened

Nitish Kumar on Wednesday resigned as Bihar Chief Minister dumping the RJD and Congress to stitch a new alliance with BJP.

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar resigned on Wednesday, dumping RJD over corruption charges against his deputy Tejashwi Yadav.

Citing irreconcilable differences with the senior ally over corruption charges against the son of Lalu Prasad Yadav, Kumar announced his resignation after meeting Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi, hours after the RJD supremo rejected outright the demand for his son's ouster.

Kumar's resignation capped days of stand-off between his party JD(U) and the RJD with the former insisting that Tejashwi defend himself against the allegations.

27 July 2017

03:06 IST

RJD, Congress and all those who oppose BJP-RSS and Nitish Kumar will protest, hold dharnas and burn effigies - Tejashwi.

03:05 IST

If Nitish Kumar has the guts then he should go for fresh polls. I have just been used as a pawn by them for their political gains - Tejashwi.

We will fight and win, he adds.