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.
Read MoreAdani row: Nitish Kumar made the averment in Kishanganj district, which he visited as part of his state-wide 'Samadhaan Yatra', replying to queries from journalists on the political row over the allegations which rocked the proceedings of Parliament.
Nitish slams BJP: Bihar Chief Minister also accused the saffron party of making cases against former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav.
Reacting on the Chief Minister's statement, Kushwaha demanded a "stake" but did not clarify on its nature or whether it was in the party or government.
Although he did not elaborate, the chief minister made the statement apparently referring to the proposed cap on states' borrowing to 3.5 per cent of GDP from the next fiscal.
Things turned sour between the mentor and protégé recently when reports surfaced in a section of the media that Kushwaha could become a Deputy CM, evoking a strong denial from Kumar who made it clear that RJD's Tejashwi Yadav would remain the sole occupant of the post.
Prashant Kishor vs Nitish Kumar: Speaking to the media at Barauli in Gopalganj district, Kishor said chairing meetings of "favourite ministers and bureaucrats" at such programmes would not solve the issues of common people in the state.
While Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal, Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav, CPI's D Raja, and Marxist party's top leader Pinarayi Vijayan were among the leaders who took part, the absence of JDU president Nitish Kumar had raised eyebrows.
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RJD leader Sudhakar Singh made this comparison after he was asked, "how Nitish Kumar would be remembered in Indian politics".
BJP MP Pradeep Kumar Singh claimed JU-U MLAs and MPs are not happy with Nitish Kumar and they may desert him and join his party soon.
Tejashwi Yadav said people should be mindful of the 'conspiracies' of the BJP, as it is 'cunningly' trying to direct the political discourse towards a Hindu versus Muslim binary.
The caste-based survey has been Nitish Kumar's ambitious project as he termed it crucial for the development of the most backward people living in the state. He even did not hesitate to go against the then ally BJP when he was in NDA for the project.
Caste based census in Bihar: "Caste-based survey will give us scientific data so that budget and social welfare schemes can be made accordingly. BJP is anti-poor. They does not want this to happen", said Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav.
Nitish vs BJP: Speaking at an event in Patna, Nitish Kumar questioned the RSS' role in the freedom movement of India.
Nitish Kumar meets Dalai Lama: Following the meeting, Kumar went to the Maha Bodhi temple, situated at the site where the Buddha is said to have attained Enlightenment.
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Interestingly, the significant development came nearly a year after the Central Bureau of Investigation had closed the case against Yadav and his family members after it found "no concrete evidence that could prove the allegations".
The longest-serving chief minister of Bihar asserted that the COVID situation in Bihar was fully under control and the testing rate was never allowed to sag despite a sharp dip in incidence.
The Special Investigation Team has arrested a local liquor trader Akhilesh Rai alias Yadav from Isuapur in Saran district, and seized Rs 2.17 lakh cash from his locations. More than 28 people connected with liquor trade have been arrested in Saran district alone. Thirty-one people have lost their ey
Defending the liquor ban in his state, Nitish Kumar had said that the state’s prohibition policy has been beneficial to several people and a large number of people had also given up drinking alcohol as an after-effect of this step.
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