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: Terming the Centre and Railway ministry as “worthless”, former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today sought apology and compensation for the people of the state who are unable to celebrate Chhath festival due to
Hajipur: The Officer In-Charge of a police station here was today suspended on the charge of “misdirecting” the route of convoy of former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Tirhut range
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Patna: Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar would launch a 17-day yatra (march) of the state from November 12 which would be a major event ahead of state Assembly elections due next year.Kumar would launch ‘Samparak
Patna: Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar Monday staged a "dharna" (sit-in) here along with hundreds of party workers to put pressure on the BJP-led central government to accord special category status to Bihar.Besides party
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