A minister in the Nitish Kumar government, who is an accused in a 2014 kidnapping case, resigned on Wednesday night amid protests by the opposition. Earlier in the day, the Bihar Law Minister Kartik Kumar, a leader from the alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal, was moved to the sugracane department over kidnapping allegations. The resignation has been accepted and forwarded to the Governor, said a statement from the Chief Minister's Office.
