Bihar Minister Kartik Kumar, an accused in a 2014 kidnapping case, resigned from the state Cabinet on Wednesday, 31 August, amid protests by the Opposition.
Kumar, an MLC of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), was the law minister in the Nitish Kumar-led 'mahagathbandhan' government. He reportedly put in his papers hours after he was moved to the far less significant Sugarcane Department.
The chief minister's office said that Kumar's resignation had been accepted and forwarded to Governor Fagu Chauhan. Revenue and Land Reforms Minister, Alok Kumar Mehta, has taken up the additional charge of the Sugarcane Department.