Former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who took oath as a Rajya Sabha member in April this year, will not be part of the parliamentary standing committee of the railways.
A notice issued by the Lok Sabha secretariat has said that Kumar's nomination to the Standing Committee on Railways has been withdrawn.
Kumar served as the railways minister for a little over a year between July 1998 and August 1999, and between March 2001 and May 2004.
He was credited with ushering in initiatives such as Tatkal booking in 2002 and internet booking facilities.
It is unusual for former prime ministers or top-ranking leaders to join parliamentary panels, with Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh opting out in the past.
