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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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.
Mission 2024: Sharad Pawar is one of the key persons who is trying to weave united Opposition against the ruling BJP.
Prabhunath Singh was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017 after being found guilty in a murder case. Whereas Anant Singh was awarded 10 years imprisonment after an AK-47 was recovered from his premises.
Lok Sabha Election 2024: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Bihar CM sidestepped a query about him fighting the upcoming general election.
Bihar: CM Nitish Kumar on Saturday informed that a meeting of opposition leaders can be held post-Karnataka polls for thrashing out issues related to forging opposition unity.
The Congress campaign, till now, in Karnataka was going on the right track, but Kharge’s remark on PM Modi has provided BJP with the ammunition it needed.
The incident took place in Katihar's Barari Police Station limits, in Pokharia Tola area, which is just one and a half kilometers away from the police station. Kailash Mahto was the co-founder of JD(U).
Anand Mohan Singh was convicted for leading a mob that had pulled out Krishnaiah from his car, thrashed him and shot him dead.
Anand Mohan was convicted in 2007, more than a decade after Krishnaiah was lynched by a mob at Muzaffarpur in 1994. An IAS officer of 1985 batch, Krishnaiah, who hailed from Telangana and was a Dalit, was beaten to death.
Bihar: Nitish government tweaked the jail rule so that these convicts, including heavyweight politician Anand Mohan can be released. BJP linked it to the upcoming election. The wife of the victim raised concerns on the development.
The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government has announced the release of 27 prisoners including former MP Anand Mohan Singh, who was convicted in a murder case of an IAS officer, after it amended the jail rules.
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