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, Sep 24: LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan on Monday said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's demand for special category status to Bihar was aimed at mobilising mass support to strengthen his case for being projected as
Madhubani (Bihar), Sept 23: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today slammed persistent protest by contractual teachers during his public meetings in the districts on the issue of Bihar's special status.“I know those who are the
Muzaffarpur, Sep 22: In a forceful message to the Centre, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that the special category status was a matter of “right” for Bihar and its people and not “begging
New Delhi, Sep 20: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will not mind supporting Congress in government formation in 2014 provided it grants special status to Bihar. "I will help anyone form the next government at
Patna, Sep 17: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's 62nd birthday was celebrated by the BJP in Bihar on Monday, with a state minister cutting a cake at the saffron party office.Animal husbandry and fisheries minister
Patna, Sep 10: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today refused to comment on a petition filed in a CBI court in Ranchi to implead him and senior JD(U) Shivanand Tiwari in the fodder scam saying
New Delhi, Sep 10: JD (U) president Sharad Yadav has announced that his party will contest around 100 assembly seats in upcoming assembly elections in Gujarat. He further added that Bihar Chief Minister and Narendra
Patna, Sept 4: Observing that the Shiv Sena led by Bal Thackeray was “behind” the hate campaign against the Bihari migrants in Mumbai and Maharashtra over the years, the Congress today asked the Chief Minister
Patna, Sept 4: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the UPA government was on the last leg of its rule following the coal scam.“Isme koi shak hai kya (Is there any doubt)”? replied
Patna, Sep 2: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today charged the Centre and Maharashtra government with failing to rein in MNS chief Raj Thackeray for his threat to throw Biharis out of Maharashtra.“The MNS chief's
Patna, Aug 26: The LJP supremo today lambasted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for raising domestic political issues with the members of the visiting Pakistani parliamentary delegation and said that it was not appropriate on
Patna, Aug 16: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has promised not to seek votes in 2015 assembly elections if he fails to provide electricity to each and every village of Bihar."I will not ask people
New Delhi, Aug 15: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in an interview to the Week said he will discontinue his alliance with the BJP “within minutes” if Modi was made the prime ministerial candidate.“Such a decision
Patna, Aug 13: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he fully supports the movement of yoga guru Ramdev for bringing back to the country black money stashed away in banks abroad.“Ramdevji is raising his
New Delhi, Aug 11: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has given top marks to Bihar on good governance, but the RSS later clarified that Bhagwat gave no rating about ranking Nitish Kumar above Narendra Modi, reports
Patna, Jul 30: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said it is not possible to accept FDI in multi-brand retail in the state “as it is converse to policy of growth with justice”.“It is our
PTINew Delhi, July 25: Key UPA ally Mamata Banerjee, who kept up the suspense till the last moment before backing Pranab Mukherjee in the Presidential elections, today attended Mukherjee's oath taking ceremony while no Chief
Patna, Jul 16: JD(U) today said there were no differences within the NDA over the vice-presidential poll and BJP leader Jaswant Singh has been unanimously selected for the post.“Singh's selection as a candidate for the
Patna, July 9: In a indication of growing strife between NDA allies in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said any JD(U) leader was free to quit the party and join BJP. “Anybody wanting to
Patna, Jul 2: Firmly sticking to his stand for a secular person to be projected as the NDA's prime ministerial candidate in the next general elections, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today swept aside criticism
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