He said he would devote more time to the party remaining out of power. He also said that rival BJP was making mockery of his resignation by describing it as "nautanki" (drama). But, party legilators refused to buy his argument.
A JD-U leader, who attended the meeting at the chief minister's official residence in Patna, said that the JD-U legislature party expressed its full faith in Nitish Kumar and decided to re-elect him as their leader.
Senior JD-U legislator Narendra Singh's resolution that Nitish Kumar will be the leader was supported by all legislators present at the meeting.
Nitish Kumar and Sharad YadavAccording to JD-U leaders, the party will formally announce the decision soon.
Earlier, JD-U chief Sharad Yadav had said the resignation of Nitish Kumar has been given after careful thought.
The JD-U leader had said the recent Lok Sabha poll campaign was the most slanderous and communal that he had seen in his entire political career and yet he respected the people's mandate which saw his own party's tally in Lok Sabha tumble to two from 20 in 2009.
