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, Apr 11: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he humbly acknowledged the appreciation for his works by Gandhian Anna Hazare as a word of appreciation for doing good work boosts one's morale."I acknowledge
Patna, Apr 11 : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said India was sitting on the powder keg of corruption and stressed that the country needs a spark to ignite a revolution as witnessed from
New Delhi, Apr 10: Chief ministers Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar were praised by anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Sunday for their efforts on rural development, with the Gandhian saying that their counterparts in other
New Delhi, Mar 28: Four months after his spectacular victory in Bihar, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today hit back at his detractors with the suspension of four party MPs including his friend-turned-foe Rajiv Ranjan for
Patna, Mar 27: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today reiterated that he did not harbour the ambition of becoming Prime Minister as people of the state had given him the responsibilities to serve them to
Patna, Mar 2: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today criticised the Centre for allegedly blocking huge investment proposals worth over Rs one lakh crore in thermal power and ethanol sectors."Fate of investment proposals worth over
NAGPUR, India, Feb 27: The oldest player at this year's World Cup, Canada allrounder John Davison could have reason to feel his age when he is at the crease against Zimbabwe on Monday. Canada's need
Patna, Nov 26: Nitish Kumar, the trained engineer for whom the development mantra spun magic, has his task cut out to further change the face of Bihar riding on a massive mandate that has raised
Patna, Nov 24 (PTI) The new government in Bihar will take oath on Friday, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said."The new government will take oath at the historic Gandhi Maidan for the second term on
New Delhi, Nov 18: Bihar government has decided to give Rs one lakh compensation to families of each of the migrant labourers from the state who were killed in building collapse on Monday night."Bihar government
Sitamarhi/Muzaffarpur, Oct 24 : Maoists on Sunday raided a polling centre in Sitamarhi district and set fire to poll materials, while a Minister escaped unhurt in an attack in neighbouring Muzaffarpur district in the second
Paroo (Bihar), Oct 18 : In the continuing war of words between Congress leaders and Bihar government, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of trying to shift the blame on the
Kishanganj(Bihar), Oct 18 : After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday accused the Nitish Kumar government of not properly utilising Central funds."The Centre has provided crores and crores of rupees to
Patna, Oct 17: Accusing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of adopting "hit-and-run" tactics and misleading people about central assistance to Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today dared him for an open debate on these issues.'I fully
Narpatganj (Bihar), Oct 16: In a veiled attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said there are people who project a secular image but hitch up with divisive forces. "There
Motihari (Bihar), Oct 15: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today locked horns with Rahul Gandhi over central funds to Bihar and dared the Congress leader to stop the allocation to the state, saying the funds are
Patna, Oct 11 : Fourteen more bodies were fished out today from the river Ganga, taking the toll in the boat mishap to 36, even as a search was on to trace six other missing
Patna, Oct 7 : RJD chief Lalu Prasad today advised Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to allot an official residence for himself in his soon-to-be status of a former chief minister as he was "all set
Patna, Sep 29: Negative vote swings are what the ruling NDA in Bihar and the RJD-LJP combine has to look out for in the assembly elections as it can prove to be costly. A negative
New Delhi, Sep 25 : Congress on Saturday unveiled a new slogan for the Bihar Assembly elections projecting itself as the only party which could bring about development in the state. "Hamari ladai hai unse
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