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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The JDU leader was referring to the turn of events in Maharashtra where NCP leader Ajit Pawar left the Opposition ranks and joined the Shiv Sena-BJP government, thus triggering a massive quake in state politics.
Bihar: Amit Shah has made clear that BJP will not accept Nitish Kumar at any cost even if he rubs his nose at BJP's doors, said MP Sushil Kumar Modi.
Home Minister Shah's visit to Bihar will be the first by any top BJP leader after the June 23 meeting in Patna of opposition parties which was held to discuss and chart out a path ahead of the 2024 General Election.
The Nitish government in Bihar has decided to pay salaries to its employees this month.
Anurag Thakur claimed that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who had hosted the meeting, was not accepted as convener by the parties, stating, "Though they came together, their hearts did not meet."
Union Minister Smriti Irani took a swipe at the Opposition meeting terming it as "a selfish alliance targeting India".
Patna opposition meeting: Top leaders of Opposition parties met in Patna on Friday to chalk out a roadmap for the formation of an anti-BJP front for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Mamata Banerjee arrived in Patna on Thursday to participate in the opposition leaders' meeting that was scheduled for the following day. Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress chief's nephew and an MP, was accompanied her.
Bihar raids: ED, IT dept conducted searches at the Begusarai residence of Ajay Singh who is a big businessman in the state.
According to reports, Jitan Ram Manjhi is meeting Amit Shah in Delhi and may announce his entry into the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday.
Prashant further said that "Bihar is not Nitish Kumar's fiefdom, whoever wants to make his face, make it. I do not hear the discussion of Nitish Kumar becoming the Prime Minister anywhere."
Hindustani Awam Morcha withdraws support from the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government.
CPI general secretary D Raja on Monday said that the secular political parties are teaming up to defeat the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and not for grabbing power, and added that an understanding in this regard is 'gaining momentum'.
Bihar: CM Nitish Kumar on Friday said that he asked Jitan Ram Manjhi and his son Santosh Kumar Suman to merge their party with JD-U, but they decided to separate.
JD(U) leader Ratnesh Sada replaced Hindustani Awam Morcha- Secular (HAM-S) president Santosh Kumar Suman, who resigned on June 13 as the state's minority welfare minister.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was on his regular morning walk when a biker was about to hit him but the CM luckily escaped. The police arrested the accused after the incident.
Bihar news: The decision to this effect was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, he said on Tuesday (June 13).
After HAM leader Santosh Kumar Suman's resignation, Bihar’s Sonbarsa MLA and JD(U) leader Ratnesh Sada is likely to be appointed as the state's new Minority Welfare minister.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is making efforts to forge a united opposition ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in 2024 to take on the NDA.
1990-batch IAS officer Chaitanya Prasad, who was holding the charge of ACS (home), has been replaced by S Siddharth, the principal secretary of the chief minister’s secretariat.
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