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: With BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi emphasising on “toilet first and temples later,” Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today claimed his government has done pioneering work in providing toilets to the people.“The Bihar
Patna: Lauding Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for changing perception about Bihar, industry body Assocham today backed the demand for grant of special status for industrial development of the state.The Nitish Kumar government has worked hard
Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday hinted that Bihar would become a power surplus state in a couple of years.Kumar said that an additional 2000 MW would be generated from the thermal power plant at
Ranchi: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar may be the next person to face CBI probe in the multi-crore fodder scam, after reports came that his party JD(U) received Rs 1.40 crre from fodder scam kingpin
Patna: Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United Wednesday suspended two of its MPs for six years for anti-party activities, a party leader said.Purnmasi Ram from Gopalganj and Jai Narayan Nishad from Muzaffarpur were suspended by party president
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar welcomed the cabinet decision to withdraw a controversial ordinance aimed at protecting convicted lawmakers.“It is a welcome decision and a positive development,” he told the media.The Janata Dal-United leader
New Delhi: Conviction of RJD chief Lalu Prasad in the fodder scam case could bring Congress and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-U close ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, going by talk in Congress circles.At the
Patna: Strongly backing Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's opinion on the controversial ordinance on disqualification of convicted lawmakers, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to withdraw it at once.”The
Patna: Observing that the Raghuram Rajan panel report has crushed Bihar's aspiration for special status, former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi today ridiculed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for celebrating the report despite his nominee
Patna: The BJP today sought to downplay warm exchange of greetings between its senior leader L K Advani and the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, describing it as standard practice under political protocol.”The exchange of
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that the communal violence at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh would be raised at the upcoming National Integration Council Meeting.Stating that his government was proactive in quelling communal
New Delhi: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has lashed out at supporters of former ally BJP for, what he said, "trying to muzzle dissent" through the social media. Appearing in Rajat Sharma's Aap Ki Adalat
New Delhi, Sept 21: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has lashed out at supporters of former ally BJP for, what he said, "trying to muzzle dissent" through the social media. Appearing in Rajat Sharma's Aap
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here and sought Rs 12,000 crore in central help to tackle drought situation in the state.Bihar has declared 33 districts out of
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Friday termed the communal violence in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar a blot on the country."The Muzaffarnagar (UP) riots were a blot on the country. Just as the 1989 Bhagalpur
New Delhi: European Union yesterday reached out to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is considered one of the important leaders from non-BJP opposition, ahead of next Lok Sabha polls.The EU hosted a lunch for
Patna: The BJP is diverting the country's attention from real issues like price rise and corruption, and is "pushing its own agenda by projecting a leader not acceptable to all", Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
Patna: A man in his mid 20s has been arrested on charges of pasting posters threatening Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, police said Sunday.Bhimsen Mishra of Maner near Patna was taken into custody late Saturday,
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today took a dig at BJP over naming Narendra Modi as Prime Ministerial candidate saying the party was on a path of destruction and claimed JD(U)'s decision of severing
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said JD(U) will take a call on whether to go it alone or be part of any front opposed to Congress and BJP for the 2014 general
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