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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As many as 33 people have died and several others reportedly fell ill after consuming spurious liquor in two districts of Bihar in the last week.
As many as 33 people have died and several others reportedly fell ill after consuming spurious liquor in 2 districts of Bihar in the last couple of days.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav cornered Bihar CM Nitish Kumar over the incident and said that the state government has failed to take action against those responsible.
CM Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) in Bihar retained its seats in the bypoll election held on October 30 while Lalu's RJD faced another backlash.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Prasad targeted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said that he was the most arrogant person in the country.
"Nitish Kumar has been eulogised by PM Modi and BJP. Everyone was sloganeering 'desh ka PM kaisa ho Nitish kumar jaisa ho' (A PM should be like Nitish)," Lalu Yadav said.
The suspected terrorists fired on two local vendors, the Kashmir Zone Police said.
Following the report, Leader of Opposition in Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav "congratulated" CM Nitish Kumar for the state's ranking.
The debate on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2021 during the Monsoon Session of the Parliament saw wide participation with many opposition members raising demands for a caste-based census.
Reports say that Nitish Kumar is angry with Deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad who was involved in giving contracts of "Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal" programme.
Dismissing speculations that contracts worth Rs 5 crore were given to his family members and aides, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad said that the allegations against him are 'baseless' and are part of a political conspiracy.
Moreover, if any individual uses a section of a house for storage or area for consumption of liquor, the state govt will seal that portion and will put it out for auction.
INLD leader Abhay Chautala, along with his father and former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala, is organising the ‘Kisan Panchayat’ where leaders like Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, former PM HD Deve Gowda and Siromani Akali Dal leader Parkash Singh Badal are expected to be present.
The Janata Dal (United) which is a constituent of the BJP-NDA has taken a different stand on NRC. Nitish himself has said that there is no need for NRC in the state.
The Minister who was in Gaya for his Jan Ashirwad Yatra said, "...All my workers are here, you have half-baked information...It's Janata Dal-United not "Disunited".
The Cancer Institute was inagurated by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, who has has seeked more information on the matter from the Director of the hospital.
According to reports, a heated exchange took place between the MLA and a few passengers who were travelling in the same coach.
JD(U)’s parliamentary board chief Upendra Kushwahahad had, however, rekindled sentiments about Kumar being “PM material” a few weeks ago and the chorus got louder on the previous day when “Mission Nitish” became the rallying cry.
Janata Dal (United) has said that Nitish Kumar is not in the race for the post of Prime Minister though he has all the qualities required to become one.
On Wednesday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated four state highways having a total length of 130 km and constructed at a cost of over Rs 1,121 crore.
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