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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The death toll in Bihar flood has risen to 56 as 69.81 lakh people have been hit by inundation in 13 districts of the state.
The leaders suspended are believed to be part of a faction that had extended support to Yadav, who has opposed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's decision to tie up with the BJP
Sharad Yadav is set to present his faction as the "real" JD(U) claiming that many of its state units are with him while the support for party president Nitish Kumar is confined to Bihar.
Meanwhile, BJP president Amit Shah today said in a tweet that he had invited Kumar to formally join the NDA.
JD(U) spokesperson K C Tyagi said the party will approve the proposal in the meeting in Patna.
Ali Anwar Ansari said the faction led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has become a ‘Sarkari JD(U)’.
Sharad Yadav refused to say anything on the JD(U) decision to replace him as the parliamentary party leader on Saturday. Yadav said when he had "not been afraid of Indira Gandhi, what do others matter".
Lalu showed an official letter dated August 1 purportedly putting doctors in rotation at the new health minister's residence in support of his charges.
Differences between Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav surfaced after the former snapped ties with the Congress and the RJD, and allied with the BJP to form a new government in Bihar last month.
The invitation comes after the JD(U) joined hands with the BJP to form the government in Bihar after it walked out of alliance with Lalu Prasad’s RJD.
Ansari had criticised JD(U) president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's decision to walk out of the Grand Alliance in Bihar and form government with the BJP.
Scindia asserted that the party would vehemently oppose the unholy alliance of BJP and Janata Dal (United).
Kumar’s remark comes in backdrop of Yadav expressing his displeasure over the Chief Minister’s decision to walk out of the Grand Alliance and join ranks with the BJP to form government in the state.
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.
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