"Nitish Kumar Resigns as Bihar Chief Minister, Shakes Up INDIA Bloc Dynamics"
Nitish Kumar has resigned as Bihar Chief Minister, ending the JD(U)'s alliance with the RJD and likely returning to an alliance with the BJP. The BJP and JD(U) have finalized a seat-sharing agreement for the upcoming Lok Sabha election. With RJD as the single-largest party in the Bihar Assembly, the BJP and JD(U) together would have 123 MLAs, just one more than the halfway mark needed to form the government. If JD(U) exits the 'Mahagatbandhan' coalition, they would fall short by eight MLAs of the majority mark, while RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has hinted at staking claim to form the government with the backing of Congress and left parties.