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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In the suicide note that was recovered from the spot, Pandey, a 2012-batch IAS officer, said he was fed up with his life and has lost his "belief in human existence"
“Mukesh Kumar Pandey’s death is a very heart-rending incident. He was an efficient administrator and a sensitive officer...May his soul rest in peace,” the chief minister said in his condolence message.
Party sources said that CM Nitish Kumar was unhappy with Yadav over his public remarks expressing his reservations with the developments that transpired last month.
The lone JD(U) MLA in Gujarat, Chhotu Vasava, today claimed he voted for Congress' nominee Ahmed Patel in the Rajya Sabha polls as the ruling BJP has done little for the tribal people and the poor.
JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav had also opposed Nitish Kumar's alliance with the BJP to form the new government in Bihar.
RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav today once again attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for walking out of the Grand Alliance government in the state.
Nitish Kumar today urged the Centre to allocate funds "liberally" to strengthen the subordinate judiciary in the state.
The political somersault by Nitish Kumar will rank as one of the biggest of its kind in India's political history, CPI-M journal "People's Democracy" said in an editorial
Tejashwi Yadav today launched an attack on Nitish Kumar and said Bihar CM'S inner conscience wakes up when it suits him.
Lalu Yadav on Tuesday slammed Bihar chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his remarks in Monday's press conference and said the Janata Dal (United) leader was a champion of U-turns
The plea alleged that there was a criminal case against the JD(U) leader wherein he was accused of killing a local Congress leader Sitaram Singh, and injuring four others ahead of Lok Sabha by-election to the Barh constituency in 1991
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav is likely to face trouble as the newly formed JD(U)-NDA government, led by Nitish Kumar, has initiated an inquiry into the Rs 90 lakh soil scam
A plea was today filed in the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's membership of the state Legislative Council.
Nitish Kumar today countered allegations of a 'fixed match' with the BJP and said that RJD's silence on graft charges left him with no option but to ditch the Grand Alliance
The court dismissed two petitions on the ground that the new government in Bihar was formed as per constitutional process and had won the trust vote in the Assembly
Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah today denied speculation over his possible role in the leadership of the central government, saying he has no plans to be a part of the Union Cabinet
Sharad Yadav said that Nitish breaking away from the Congress-JD(U-RJD) Grand Alliance and allying with the BJP and the NDA went against the “mandate by the people” who voted overwhelmingly for the former
Bihar's Minority Welfare Minister Khurshid alias Feroz Ahmad earned the ire of a Muslim cleric for chanting 'Jai Sri Ram' in the state assembly premises on July 28.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad today appealed to former JD(U) president Sharad Yadav to undertake a nationwide tour to defeat "communal" forces that have fanned out in the country.
RJD today said it will move court "within a week" against Bihar governor's invitation to JD(U)-NDA coalition to form government in the state.
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