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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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called for an all-party meeting on Tuesday to share the details of the caste census report and hold discussions about the necessary steps to be taken.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar congratulated the entire team engaged in the work of caste-based survey stating that it will not only reveal castes but also give information about the economic condition of everyone.
The Bihar caste-based survey created turmoil in state politics as it put the BJP in a dilemma. The saffron party officially did not oppose it. However, the ruling alliance accused the saffron party of creating hurdles in the way of the survey.
The Bihar caste-based survey was finally published on Monday. The survey before being published faced legal and political hurdles. The survey was once paused by the Patna High Court, however, the court later allowed it.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar dismissed the notion of a potential JD(U) split. During a media interaction held while returning after paying respects to Mahatma Gandhi on Gandhi Jayanti, Nitish Kumar commented on the situation.
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Eid-e-Milad commemorates Prophet Muhammad’s birth anniversary. Muslims who follow the Sufi or Barelvi school of thought observe the feast in Rabi’ al-awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was in Banka district after the inspection of a bridge in Jamui that got damaged after heavy rainfall last week, inaugurated the digital library. After the board of a digital library was found written in English, he asked the officials to change it.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made a surprise visit to the secretariat and found out that most of the ministers were not present in their offices. The development has come at a time when speculations are on rise that he may once again switch sides.
Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) snapped ties with the saffron party and walked out of the NDA in August 2022.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's attendance at the Deendayal Upadhyaya birth anniversary event in Patna has led to various questions and speculations of his return to NDA.
Bihar: Notably, sale and consumption of liquor was completely banned in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government in 2016. Yet, many cases of hooch tragedy have been reported from the dry states in recent years.
After offering their tributes, Nitish Kumar, accompanied by his Deputy CM and ministers, approached the journalists for a brief interaction.
The I.N.D.I.A bloc’s working group on media on Thursday put out a list of 14 TV anchors on whose shows the constituents would not send their representatives.
Bihar: Rebutting Amit Shah's charge of misgovernance in the state, Kumar said, "he knows nothing about Bihar and the work we have been doing here. He does not know anything about the country either".
Girl students who were not attending school, because of lack of proper facilities, were taking private tuitions, but after the circular was issued, they had to attend school.
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