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: Expressing concern with spate in the crime graph in Bihar, the BJP today slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for devoting more time to political activities than improving law and order situation. “At a time
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has accused Congress party of betraying Bihar on special category status.Nitish has charged Congress with delaying decision on special category to Bihar in order to keep its ally Lalu
New Delhi: A slipper was thrown at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at a public function in Begusarai on Sunday. The slipper missed the chief minister. The incident took place when Nitish was addressing Janata
Patna: Expressing satisfaction with his government's performance over the past eight years, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today promised to restore Bihar's old glory with help from the state's people. “We will not only be able
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Friday said the Janata Dal-United is not worried about any likely alliance of Congress-Rashtriya Janta Dal and Lok Janshakti Party for the next general elections."RJD was in Congress-led United
Patna: In an apparent dig at his rival and BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said people talk about history without proper knowledge of the subject. “Today people talk
Ranchi: Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad today came out of Birsa Munda jail after 76 days after he was granted bail by the Supreme Court. Soon after he came out jail, Lalu Prasad challenged
Patna: YSR Congress President Jaganmohan Reddy today met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over division of Andhra Pradesh and raised the issue of Congress "highhandedness" in doing so without consulting the state, a point which
New Delhi: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today defended his writing a letter to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar citing his government's alleged failure in tackling Maoists and said it was in the interest of the
Patna: Rattled by persistent criticism of his government by opposition parties, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today dared the opposition to bring in a no-confidence motion and defeat his government on the floor of the
New Delhi: The Centre has rapped Bihar government for its alleged failure in controlling Maoists activities and said situation in the state has become alarming and there is complete breakdown in coordination between the state
Patna: Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today raised questions about support of Independents and Congress to Nitish Kumar government and compared the situation in Bihar with that prevailing in Delhi where no party has
New Delhi: A day after its dream poll debut in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) was today variedly praised by some political parties as a force good for the health for democracy and one that could
Patna: Teachers and students of a reputed women college here today staged protest against blockage of college entrance path due to construction of a convention centre on the line of Delhi's “Vigyan bhawan”, but Chief
Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today said the results of the four state assembly elections clearly show it was not a pro-Modi wave, but an anti-Congress wave sweeping the country.Speaking to reporters here, Nitish
Patna: Urging the Bihar governor to intervene, Congress today attacked the Nitish Kumar government for the alleged rise in Maoist violence and deterioration of law and order in the state.“Bihar has seen a huge increase
Aurangabad (Bihar): Seven policemen were killed after their jeep was blown up in a land mine blast by Maoists in Bihar's Aurangabad district this evening.The blast was triggered near Chandragarh More(circle) on the Tandwa-Nabinagar road,
Dwarka (New Delhi): Seeking to give an edge to his party's election campaign in Delhi, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today took a swipe at BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, saying only a person
New Delhi: In a statement that could create a political controversy, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that if a person doesn't have a toilet in his home, he will not be allowed to
Patna: Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi charged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with ordering tapping of phones of the party's leaders and carrying outsting operations to settle political scores."Rattled by persistent criticism of his
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