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: As the political scene hots up, former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has been dragged into the fight between LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.The spark for the confrontation ahead
Bettiah: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today made his Prime Ministerial ambitions known, saying he is more qualified and experienced than those “roaming around” for the top job.“I am more qualified than those roaming around
Patna: Amid speculations about chance of Congress going with JD(U) instead of RJD, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today categorically ruled out this possibility and said even a last minute decision on special category status to
Patna: Three days after taking voluntary retirement, IAS officer K.P. Ramiyah Monday joined Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) -- and is set to contest the Lok Sabha polls.Ramiyah, who belongs to Andhra Pradesh, is likely
New Delhi: Deadlock today continued on the issue of Congress alliance in Bihar for Lok Sabha polls with seat sharing with RJD coming under a strain and JD(U) ruling out any adjustment with the party.“Unlike
New Delhi: As Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar frowned at the Centre, BJP today took a dig at him, saying he was led up the “garden path” by Congress on the issue of special status
Patna: Seeking to make political capital out of the special status demand for Bihar ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today held a five-hour-long ‘Satyagraha' and urged the people to fight to
Patna: The JD(U)-sponsored ‘Bihar bandh' on special status demand, on a holiday, evoked good response today paralysing normal life as protesters took to streets disrupting road and rail services.Chief Minister Nitish Kumar led from the
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took to the streets Sunday seeking a "special status" for his state in a protest which saw thousands of his party activists block road and rail traffic.Large groups of
Patna: On the eve of Bihar bandh called by ruling JD(U), Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today led his cabinet colleagues and party activists in beating utensils to protest against the Centre denying special category status
Patna: Describing LJP supremo Ramvilas Paswan as a leader who has proved that "there is nothing called ideology in politics", Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today termed the BJP-LJP alliance as "unprincipled"."This alliance has nothing
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today described the rebellion in RJD camp as “fire in Lalu Prasad's house due to short circuit,” and asked him to be prepared to face more such incidents.“Be prepared
Patna: The showman that Lalu Prasad is, he took to the streets of Patna today alongwith his MLAs, and marched on foot to the Bihar Assembly to parade his MLAs before the assembly secretary, as
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the JD(U) would welcome rebel RJD MLAs into its fold and rejected allegations that the Assembly Speaker worked at his behest by hurriedly giving recognition to
Patna: Terming as “betrayal” the UPA government's decision to grant special category status to Seemandhra while ignoring a similar demand of Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today gave a call for a statewide bandh on
Patna: Dismissing the opposition's claim that there was a spate in crime, particularly against women in the past one year, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that the rule of law prevailed in the state
Patna: Taking the ongoing war of words between the two erstwhile allies to a logical conclusion, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today ruled out a tie up with BJP in the future, saying the chapter
Patna: Senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi today trashed the interim budget of Bihar for 2014-15, saying it was a repeat of proposals made by him in the last year's
Patna: Miffed by survey reports suggesting that JD(U) may perform poorly in general elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today slammed pollsters for projecting NDA's impressive performance at hustings, saying it amounted to nullifying the election
Patna: The opposition BJP in Bihar today said the Nitish Kumar-government in the state is short on numbers and is not in a position to sustain voting on any Bill in the Assembly.“As per the
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