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 CM Nitish Kumar had been in touch with Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi when he dumped the BJP last month.
Nitish Kumar on JD (U) MLAs poaching: Five JD(U) MLAs from Manipur - Kh Joykishan, N Sanate, Md Achab Uddin, former DGP L M Khaute, and Thangjam Arunkumar joined the BJP on Friday evening.
Bihar JD(U) meeting: Nitish Kumar visited the Birchand Patel Marg office on Friday to take stock of the preparations for the meeting.
Bihar news: Water began rapidly infiltrating the villages shortly after the embankment broke.
JD(U) MLAs join BJP in Manipur: The statement issued by Manipur Assembly Secretary K Meghajit Singh said that the Speaker was pleased to accept the merger of five JD(U) MLAs with the BJP under the tenth schedule of the Constitution.
It so happened that just a few minutes before the arrival of the CM and the deputy CM, there was a power cut and both had to be welcomed in dark.
KCR in Bihar: The TRS chief has said that his endeavour was to build an alternative that was “not a third front, but a main front” to fight the divisive politics of the BJP.
KCR in Bihar: KCR was in Patna to give financial assistance to the families of Indian soldiers, who were martyred in Galwan valley in 2020.
Nitish Kumar-KCR meet: KCR will provide financial aid to the kin of 12 workers from Bihar, who died in a fire accident here recently.
Bihar Floor Test: Leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani treated me with respect, snapped ties with BJP in 2013 in protest against them being sidelined.
Bihar floor test today: The eight political parties supporting the new government are RJD (79), JD-U (45), Congress (19), CPI-ML (12), HAMS (04), CPI (02), CPM (02) and AIMIM (01).
Bihar: After the 'puja', Mansoori said that it was my fortune to enter with CM Nitish Kumar in the "Garbh Grih" of Vishnupad temple.
Bihar teachers' protest: Police baton-charged and used water cannons in the heart of the Bihar capital on Monday when hundreds of people, many owing allegiance to a political party, staged a demonstration to press several demands.
ADM assaults job aspirant: Soon after the incident, an inquiry committee was ordered by Patna DM to look into the incident. The DM, too, has expressed his reservation over the incident.
CM Nitish Kumar was not present in any of the vehicles. He was scheduled to go to Gaya by helicopter.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader said the coming to power of the Mahagathbandhan government with the JD(U), the RJD, the Congress and other parties uniting "augurs well for opposition unity".
Nitish Kumar's move has infused some fresh energy in the otherwise dispirited opposition camp and given rise to speculation that he may emerge as its prime ministerial candidate in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The BJP has demanded that Kartik Kumar be removed from the cabinet, alleging that a kidnapping case is pending against him.
Nitish Kumar helicopter emergency landing: The chief minister was on a scheduled aerial survey of drought situation in the state when the incident took place.
The new 'Mahagathbandhan' government in the state is embarrassed over photographs, clicked a few days ago, in which minister for environment, forestry and climate change Tej Pratap Yadav is seen along with his brother-in-law at a meeting with department officials.
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