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: Making a strong pitch for the Congress to get the Leader of the Opposition (LOP) post despite falling short of the requisite numbers, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today said this was needed as a
Patna: A senior JD(U) minister today accused the BJP of trying to fuel rebellion in the ranks of his party in Bihar with a view to destabilising the government.Food and Consumer Protection Minister Shyam Rajak
Patna: Aiming to create a fissure in the JD(U), senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today asked the ruling party to explain as to who between Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and his predecessor Nitish
Patna: Nearly half a dozen rebel legislators of Bihar's ruling JD-U, expressing resentment over functioning of the party, Sunday met party president Sharad Yadav here and informed him about their stand and grievances, said a
Patna: Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today declined to accept a posse of personal staff allotted to him by the state government, a facility not available to other former Chief Ministers. “I will accept
Patna: Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today declined to accept a posse of personal staff alloted to him by the state government, a facility not available to other former Chief Ministers. “I will accept
Patna: Charging Nitish Kumar with running the Jitan Ram Manjhi government with remote control, senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today claimed that the expansion of council of ministers by Manjhi clearly bore stamp of
Patna: Protests within ruling JD(U) over selection of 14 new ministers in the Jitan Ram Manjhi cabinet in Bihar got shriller today with over a dozen legislators coming together to express their ire against choice
Patna: Heads have started rolling after the poor showing by ruling JD(U) in the recent Lok Sabha election in Bihar, with a senior minister Gautam Singh tendering his resignation today.Singh, minister for Science and Technology
Patna: Slamming former chief minister Nitish KumarNarendra ModiBJPJitan Ram Manjhi for nursing hostility with Prime Minister-designate , the today urged Kumar's successor to attend Modi's swearing-in ceremony tomorrow in order to reach out to the
Patna: Amid reports of Nitish Kumar shifting to Delhi as Rajya Sabha member to play a bigger role in uniting parties against BJP, Bihar JD(U) President Basistha Narayan Singh today dismissed any such possibility terming
Patna: BJP MLAs will be present in the Bihar Assembly during tomorrow's trust vote, but whether they will participate in voting will be decided at an appropriate time, the party's Bihar unit chief Sushil Kumar
Patna: Deriding BJP and NDA leaders for terming Nitish Kumar's quitting as Bihar Chief Minister, a “drama”, Kumar's trusted aide here today defended him saying Kumar had upheld high moral standards in public life.“Nitish Kumar
Patna: BJP today criticised the resignation Nitish Kumar and accused him of foisting a ‘dummy' chief minister to run Bihar.“After rout in the general elections, Nitish Kumar has chosen a good escape route to foist
Patna: Nitish Kumar today chose senior minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to succeed him as Bihar Chief Minister, who would stake claim to form the government. The 68-year-old Manjhi, a dalit leader, was SC & ST
New Delhi: The split in the Janata Dal(United) became a public spectacle on Sunday, with angry supporters of Nitish Kumar stonewalling party president Sharad Yadav's reported intentions to elect a new legislature party leader in
Patna: Amidst fast-paced political developments in Bihar following Nitish Kumar's resignation as chief minister, a BJP delegation today met the state Governor and urged him to seek a parade of all MLAs in the event
Patna: JD(U) President Sharad Yadav faced protest from party supporters assembled outside Nitish Kumar's residence here for allegedly being behind Kumar's resignation as the chief minister.The agitated supporters who had assembled at Kumar's residence to
Patna: Speculations are rife about realignment of old Janata parivar members to form the next government in Bihar after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's resignation in the wake of severe drubbing his party suffered at the
Patna: Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United appears set to align with arch rival Rashtriya Janata Dal of Lalu Prasad after Nitish Kumar resigned as chief minister.JD-U general secretary K.C. Tyagi Sunday said the RJD of Lalu
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