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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Khagaria (Bihar): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today took potshots at LJP President Ramvilas Paswan for making pre-poll alliance with the BJP and said he was an expert in making political somersault. “He (Paswan) not
Patna: BJP leader Giriraj Singh today got some relief as a Patna court granted him anticipatory bail for his alleged hate speeches during election campaign. Patna District and Sessions Judge Birendra Kumar granted bail to
Patna: Facing arrest for his controversial statements, senior BJP leader Giriraj Singh today said he will surrender before the court tomorrow but did not say whether he would do so in Jharkhand or Bihar."I will
Patna: “Casteism is in the DNA of Bihar that is why more talk of casteism take place in the state,” senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari said today.He made the comment when asked why BJP leaders
Bhagalpur: A day after BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi held rally in minority-dominated Bhagalpur, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today hit at his rival saying the minority Muslim community are “frightened” hearing his name.“Minority
Dumraon (Bihar): Jawaharlal Nehru had invited him to play at Delhi's Red Fort on India's Independence Day on Aug 15, 1947. The Indian government conferred on him its highest civilain award - the Bharat Ratna.
Biharsharif: The Aam Admi Party candidate from Nalanda Parliamentary constituency, Pranab Prakash was allegedly roughed up by a group of people and his car attacked during campaigning.Official sources said here today that Prakash was on
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the government would institute an inquiry by senior health officials into any lacunae in providing medicare to victims of yesterday's landmine blast at Aurangabad.“As per information provided
Patna: BJP today hit out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for sharing dais with a murder case accused and said he could not get away by feigning ignorance about the man's background and patting
Chatra (Jharkhand): Claiming that development “flows” in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said his government created job opportunities for Dalits and Maha-Dalits in mills and factories and reined in corruption. “Bihar mein vikas ki
Patna: Claiming that he had no knowledge of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav portraying himself as Prime Ministerial candidate of the Third Front, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the PM would be chosen
Patna: Introducing its manifesto for the current Lok Sabha elections, JD(U) today promised extending reservation in jobs in private sector, law for safeguard of migrant labourers, ‘special category' status for Bihar and other least developed
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today accused Congress President Sonia Gandhi of playing a communal card and said the strategy would hardly help the party's fortune in the state for the coming Lok Sabha
Bihar Sharif: Protesters today threw stones and chappals at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during election rallies in two separate places in Nalanda district.The protesters at a JD(U) election rally in the Chief Minister's home
Patna: Rubbishing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's claim about growth in inflow of foreign tourists in Bodh Gaya after the serial blasts last year, BJP today said figures tell a different story. Contrary to the
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday said he is "a stumbling block" for BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi."Modi thinks that I am a stumbling block for him," he told media persons minutes before
New Delhi: Targeting Nitish Kumar, BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today alleged that the Bihar Chief Minister had failed to prevent the terrorist attack at Bodh Gaya last year because of ‘vote bank' politics.
New Delhi: BJP today said it apprehended security threat to party rallies in the wake of Naxal attack on mobile towers in Gaya ahead of election meetings of Narendra Modi.Maoists blew up two mobile towers
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday targeted BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's Gujarat model of development, saying over two lakh children were farming cotton as labourers instead of going to schools."Over two lakh
Patna: Star BJP campaigner Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi are set to hit the campaign trail in Bihar along with the state's two best known faces: Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad.Modi, the BJP's
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