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 Bridge Collapse: An under-construction bridge in Bihar's Bhagalpur district collapsed on Sunday.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been spearheading the campaign to unite all the like-minded parties to forge an alliance against the BJP-led NDA for 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been spearheading the campaign to unite all the like-minded parties to forge an alliance against the BJP-led NDA for 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Bihar liquor prohibition law: After changes in the prohibition law, the authorities can now release vehicles transporting liquor after payment of either 10% of the insured value of the vehicle or Rs 5 lakh after consulting the judicial authorities.
Nitish Kumar on new Parliament building: The Bihar Chief Minister said the earlier building was a historic one and that there was no need to change it.
According to India's second annual Lightning Report, the state has reported the most deaths due to lightning between April 1, 2020- March 31, 2021.
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Nitish Kumar met with his Delhi counterpart and promised his "complete support" in the AAP government's continuous fight with the Centre over control of administrative services on Sunday.
The critical statement came as Kumar met the AAP leader in Delhi and extended "complete support" to him in his government's ongoing tussle with the Centre over the control of administrative services.
Taking a dig at Arvind Kejriwal, former Union Minister Harsh Vardhan said, "Those who he used to call corrupt, today is joining hands with them."
Delhi: In addition, party leaders Sanjay Jha, Manoj Jha, and Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav were also present in the meeting.
The swearing-in ceremony will be held at 12.30 pm at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on May 20.
Caste-based survey in Bihar: State has already completed more than 80 pc of the survey work in some districts and less than 10 per cent of work is pending.
Bageshwar Dham's Dhirendra Shastri's stand on 'Hindu Rashtra' triggered a political row around his religious event in Patna.
A day after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar met him in Bhubaneswar, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik met PM Modi in New Delhi triggering speculations in view of next year's Lok Sabha elections.
Nitish kumar, who is apparently on a mission to unite disbanded Opposition against BJP for the upcoming Lok Sabha election 2024, met several Opposition leaders in the last couple of months. Meanwhile, the biggest challenge is to consensus on the PM face for the Opposition.
Nitish Kumar Mumbai visit: Bihar CM and Uddhav Thackeray will hold the meeting at 'Matoshree' on Thursday.
Mission 2024: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, recently, met almost all Opposition leaders in an attempt to unite the opposition. The biggest hurdle he is facing is taking anti-Congress Opposition parties into the fold
Kumar on Tuesday called on Patnaik at his residence in Bhubaneswar and held a discussion with him for around an hour but neither spoke about it later.
According to sources in the Chief Minister's Office, the meeting between the two chief ministers will take place at "Naveen Niwas" around noon.
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