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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Currently, Chandrika Rai is part of Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal. Rai said that he trusts the leadership of current Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kuma and has also said that he does not have any reservations about joining JD(U).
In the song recited before a huge crowd just a day before Valentine's Day, Pappu Yadav warned Bihar CM Nitish Kumar of defeat in the upcoming Bihar state polls.
"I therefore say Nitish Kumar, whom my father had aptly named palturam (turncoat), can also be called Nitish Kumari. And his companion Sushil Kumar Modi, the bearer of the saffron flag, called Sushil Kumari Modi. They cannot take us head on ... they sit in their homes wearing bangles," said Tej Pratap
Soon after his expulsion from JD(U) on Wednesday, the former general secretary of the party Pavan Varma congratulated Bihar Chief Minister and JDU leader Nitish Kumar for removing and impediments from his path of short term political gain.
Soon after his expulsion from JD(U), Prashant Kishor on Wednesday took a dig at party president Nitish Kumar, offering him his best wishes to "retain" the chief ministership of Bihar.
JDU leader Ajay Alok has hit out at Prashant Kishor saying he is not trustworthy adding he works for AAP, talks to Rahul Gandhi, sits with Mamata didi. Who will trust him? We are happy this Coronavirus is leaving us.
JDU vice-president Prashant Kishor has said Nitish Kumar is lying that Amit Shah recommended he should be inducted to the party as split comes out in open.
“If anyone has any issues then the person can discuss it within the party or at party meetings, but such kind of public statements are surprising. He (Pavan Verma) can go and join any party he likes, my best wishes,” Nitish Kumar asaid.
Eyeing a record through an awarness bid, people in Bihar are participating to form 16443-km-long human chain highlighting issues including child marriage, dowry, climate change, others. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, deputy CM Sushil Modi, other leaders participated in the humanchain formation.
Addressing a public meeting in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Vaishali, he said that this law is not meant to take away anyone's citizenship, but instead to grant citizenship to persecuted minorities.
JD(U) vice president Prashant Kishor has extended his thanks to Congress leaders including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi for rejecting and raising voice against CAA and NRC adding both deserve special thanks for their efforts.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in state assembly has said that there is no question of implementing NRC in Bihar. Bihar CM's statement has come amid protests taking place across the country against CAA and NRC.
"Ghosts" let loose by Lalu Prasad on the official residence of the Bihar chief minister after RJD lost power in the state, Thursday threatened to cast their spell on the political firmament.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday unveiled a statue of former Union Minister Arun Jaitley in Patna on his 67th birth anniversary.
Bihar is the latest in the list of states that have declared that the NRC exercise will not take place within their borders. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made such an announcement on Friday.
The OTA, Gaya, which was set up in 2011, "not only provided employment opportunities in the region but also contributed towards economy and sense of security in the area", he added.
After a closed-door meeting with JD(U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here on Saturday, party vice-president Prashant Kishor, who had publicly criticised the party's support to the new citizenship law, said he stood by the "views I have expressed".
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday called for the banning of pornography sites in India, saying that these have a negative influence on the youth in India.
The tongue-in-cheek remark by the RJD leader, who became the leader of opposition in the Bihar Assembly upon losing the deputy chief minister's post, was made in reference to Kumar's action in the wake of a prolonged controversy over money-laundering cases lodged against the younger son of Lalu Prasad.
Nitish Kumar-led party which is running a coalition government with the BJP in Bihar, had on Tuesday pledged support to former Jharkhand minister Saryu Roy, who is contesting as an Independent candidate against Chief Minister Raghubar Das from Jamshedpur (East) constituency.
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