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: Taking strong exception to selection of non-tribal Raghuvar Das as the new Jharkhand CM, senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar yesterday slammed BJP for breaking the tradition of a tribal heading the government in neighbouring
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Patna: Former Bihar chief minister and senior JD-U leader Nitish Kumar Sunday said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's support for ghar wapsi (home coming) of Muslims and Christians to the Hindu fold "should be denounced by
Patna: Bihar BJP today claimed that 13 poor persons were converted to another religion in the past few days in the state and sought to know from senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar if he would
Madhepura: Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi played smart by reaping benefits of hard work Kumar had done in enhancing electricity supply in Bihar.“Through hard work I ensured electricity in
Dhanbad: Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today charged BJP with making an effort to divide the society by instilling fear of minority community among the majority.“BJP is dividing the society. The party has started
Patna: A day after senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar vowed to stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Ashwamedh horse' in Bihar for next year's Assembly polls, the BJP today questioned the claim saying JD(U) has been
Patna: Buoyed by efforts to reunite ‘Janata Parivar', senior JD (U) leader Nitish Kumar today appealed to the people to halt the ‘Ashvamedh Horse' of the BJP when it comes to Bihar during the next
Katihar(Bihar): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today welcomed the move to reunite members of the erstwhile Janata Parivar but said the party would not join the front now.“The country today needs a strong alternative to
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was Thursday authorised to work out modalities for the merger of the "Janata Parivar" (Janata family) parties.This was decided at a meeting of six parties of "Janata
New Delhi: Veteran socialists Lalu Prasad Yadav, Nitish Kumar and Mulayam Singh Yadav have once again decided to join hands to form a new political party.Making the announcement after the meeting of these leaders at
Ranchi: Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan today dared JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar to announce that his party would contest Bihar Assembly elections in 2015 under the leadership of Chief Minister Jeetan Ram Manjhi.“If Nitish Kumar has
New Delhi: Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today hit out at the Narendra Modi government over its good governance plank and questioned why a single Muslim was not among its 282 Lok Sabha MPs
Patna: Taking a dig at Nitish Kumar, the BJP today said the JD(U) leader “opted out” from campaigning for his party leaders for the Jharkhand Assembly elections as he was aware that he won't be
New Delhi: Taking a dig at former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, LJP President Ram Vilas Paswan today claimed current Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi “is better” than his predecessor but he is not being
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