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Bihar: Nitish Kumar resigns as CM, claims to form new government; know big updates

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Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar CM

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday tendered his resignation to the Governor Phagu Chauhan. At the same time, he also staked claim to form the new government.

Bihar: Nitish Kumar tenders his resignation as Chief Minister to Governor, breaks alliance with BJP; claims to form the new Govt #nitish #Bihar #BiharPoliticalCrisis
— Dynamite News (@DynamiteNews_) August 9, 2022

With this development Nitish has finally dumped BJP.

Reacting to this new turn, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) Chief Chirag Paswan has demanded imposition of President's rule in Bihar.

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