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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Election Commission had on Tuesday refused to take cognizance of Sharad Yadav's previous plea citing lack of documents to support its assertion.
Sharad Yadav said that his lawyers will respond to the Election Commission which did not take cognisance of his faction's application claiming to be the ‘real JD(U)’.
Last month, Sharad Yadav had submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission, staking claim over the party.
"We are fully ready for a mid-term Bihar assembly polls along with Lok Sabha polls," Bihar JD(U) president said.
Nitish urged Khattar to meet the family as it would instill a sense of confidence in them, and also ensure a prompt and impartial probe into the "most brutal" incident
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav today said the state government must spell out details of every penny "embezzled" by a Bhagalpur-based NGO in Srijan scam case
RCP Singh told the Election Commission officials that former Janata Dal-United president Sharad Yadav has no basis to claim the party as his own.
Nitish Kumar today described the RJD's "BJP Bhagao, Desh Bachao" rally on August 27 here as a "family function" as there was nothing political in it
Nitish Kumar blamed the media over reports suggesting Janata Dal United’s inclusion in the reshuffle of the Union Cabinet
Nitish Kumar had yesterday admitted that his party had not been invited to join the government nor consulted by the BJP brass on the expansion issue
After the Janata Dal (United) failed to find a place in the major reshuffle of the Union Cabinet, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday took a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over not being invited to the attend the oath-taking ceremony
Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook the third major revamp of the Union Cabinet with the induction of nine new ministers
Earlier in the day, Kumar claimed in Patna that no talks between the BJP and his party were held on the issue, while Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said he had received no communication from the bigger ally.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a revamp of the Union Cabinet tomorrow to fill key vacancies and bring in new faces.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad on Wednesday attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for "trying to cover up" an alleged scam, involving an NGO, with the help of his "hand-picked officials" in the Special Investigation Team (SIT)
The protesting members claimed that pictures of Kumar and Modi were used at a function of NGO 'Srijan' in Bhagalpur.
Lalu alleged that while his party had made a complete disclosure of the properties owned by them, the ‘palturam’ Nitish was using a high pitch to hide his involvement in several other scams
Nitish Kumar on Saturday dared Sharad Yadav to 'break' the JD(U) saying that the rebel party leader was "free" to take his decision.
Nitish Kumar reminded Sharad Yadav that he was elected to the Rajya Sabha with the support and vote of the BJP. "But he is raising his voice against me and giving me sermons," he said.
Supporters of rival JD(U) factions headed by Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav clashed outside the residence of the Bihar chief minister here today, police said.
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