Patna, March 30 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha earlier this month, is set to resign from the state legislative council on Monday, sources from the JD(U) said.
The JD(U) president was elected to the upper House of Parliament on March 16, and according to party insiders, the 14-day period during which he has to quit as MLC ends on Monday.
"The Constitution stipulates that you should resign within 14 days. Things will proceed accordingly," Sanjay Kumar Jha, the national working president of the JD(U), had told reporters here last week.
JD(U) leader and MLA Anant Kumar Singh, who met Nitish Kumar on Sunday, told media persons that the chief minister will tender his resignation as MLC on Monday.
However, Jha had declined to comment on when the 75-year-old JD(U) supremo was expected to step down as chief minister.