Patna, July 26 (PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar resigned on Wednesday, citing irreconcilable differences with ally Rashtriya Janata Dal on the issue of corruption charges against deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav. ”In the circumstances that prevail in Bihar, it became difficult to run the grand alliance government,” Kumar told reporters outside Raj Bhavan after submitting his resignation to Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi. He did not rule out taking Bharatiya Janata Party's support for forming a new government. ”I tried to work it out...I did not ask for anybody's resignation...I just asked Tejashwi to explain the charges of corruption,” he said. The sudden development throws the politics of Bihar into chaos with no party having a majority in the 243-member Assembly.

Source: The Telegraph July 26, 2017 14:03 UTC