Nitish Kumar is the Chief Minister of Bihar. He also served as a minister in the Union Government and belongs to the Janata Dal (United) political party. Owning responsibility for his party's poor performance in the 2014 general elections, on 17 May 2014, he resigned. However, in February 2015, he returned to office following a political crisis in the state. In November 2015, he won the state elections. On 10 April 2016, Nitish Kumar was elected as the national president of his party. On 26 July 2017, he resigned again as Chief Minister of Bihar over differences with the coalition partner RJD. Naming of Tejaswi Yadav (the deputy CM and Lalu Yadav's son) in an FIR by the CBI was the main cause of Kumar’s resignation. However, within hours, he joined the NDA coalition and secured a majority in the assembly. The very next day, he was CM, again. He belongs to a socialist class of politicians and learnt the lessons of politics from stalwarts like Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia. Between 1974 and 1977, he participated in Narayan's movement. Early life: Nitish Kumar was born in Harnaut, Nalanda district of Bihar. From Bihar College of Engineering, he got a degree in mechanical engineering in 1972. After graduation, he joined the Bihar State Electricity Board and later moved into politics.
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Patna: JD(U) legislature party has elected former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as its new leader.Since Nitish loyalists have a majority in the legislature party, Kumar is expected to take over the reins of power
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today met his mentor Nitish Kumar at latter's residence here amid reports of an effort to patch up relations between the two leaders who are locked in an
Patna: Launching an offensive against rival camp, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi tonight recommended to Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi dismissal of two of his ministers considered close to former chief minister Nitish Kumar.Highly-placed sources
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi appears to be on the way out in the wake of his defiance as the JD(U) is all set to replace him with his mentor Nitish Kumar at
Patna: There was a minor clash between both the supporters of Bihar Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and Nitish Kumar at the state party office located at Beer Chand Patel marg on Friday noon.Manjhi supporters
Patna: As the tension across Janata Dal-United (JD-U) deepens, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi will be leaving for Delhi on February 7 to participate in the meeting of Niti Ayog. The meeting has been
Patna: Blaming Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi for the political imbroglio in the party, JD(U) National General Secretary K C Tyagi today said former CM Nitish Kumar “will rescue the boat that is being
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi may recommend the dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.Sources close to Manjhi-camp indicated that if Janata Dal (United) top leadership force the Chief Minister to step dowm paving the
Patna: JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today took a jibe at BJP president Amit Shah's defence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise on the black money issue during poll campaign as a “proverb” and asked whether
Patna: Amid reports that Jitan Ram Manjhi was under pressure to quit, the Bihar Chief Minister today found an unlikely supporter in Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan who said Manjhi was never given freedom by his
Patna: Escalating tension within JD(U), Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi tonight adopted a confrontationist approach describing the February 7 meeting of JD(U) Legislature Party as “unauthorised” and ruled out that he was quitting.“The right
New Delhi: Sushil Kumar, winner of the fifth season of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) in 2011, now lives in poverty, struggling to make ends meet. He was the first person to win Rs 5 crore
Patna: Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today flayed JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar for his criticism of the ‘Vision Document' of the saffron party for Delhi poll and said he should worry about Bihar instead
Patna: The JD(U) today supported Aam Aadmi Party's demand for a Supreme Court-monitored probe by SIT into funding of Congress, BJP and itself to inquire if black money or fund from dubious sources are used
Patna: Amid speculation of pressure being mounted on Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to quit and make way for Nitish Kumar, JD (U) president Sharad Yadav held a closed door meeting with Manjhi last
Patna: Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar is all set to make a comeback as Bihar Chief Minister. If everything goes as planned, Kumar will take the charge before February 15, replacing incumbent Jitan Ram
Patna: A day after senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar wished good luck to Aam Admi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, party president Sharad Yadav today defended AAP on the allegation against it that the party received
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi did not attend an important meeting of the JD(U) and there was no word on decision to remove him from the chief minister's post after the meeting.Manjhi did
Patna: Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today mocked at BJP's ‘Vision Document' for Delhi Assembly elections, saying it had no vision and reflected the “divisive thoughts” of the party.“In the vision document of a party
New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is believed to have given his nod to Janata Dal (United) leadership to replace Jitan Ram Manjhi with Nitish Kumar as Bihar Chief Minister.Lalu's green
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