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 BJP and the JD(U) have now 129 MLAs in the 243-member House. The RJD has 80 MLAs whereas the Congress had 27 legislators.
This is Nitish’s second innings in the last two years. He snapped ties late on Wednesday with Magagathbandhan partners RJD and the Congress over corruption charges against RJD leader and Deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday alleged that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had "conspired" with the BJP to get graft cases filed against his family by central investigation agencies
The Raj Bhavan here echoed with chants of "Nitish Kumar Zindabad" as Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi administered the oath to Nitish Kumar.
Tejashwi, who is facing corruption charges, said that he had ‘entered politics with a clean slate and was eager to write a positive story’.
Often referred to as the ‘Chanakya of Bihar politics’, Nitish Kumar, 66, quit as the CM of the politically crucial state last evening and readily accepted BJP's support to continue in power.
“As I said yesterday, whatever decision we have taken will be in the interest of Bihar and of its people. It will ensure development with justice,"Nitish Kumar said.
Quizzed over the happenings in the political landscape in Bihar, Yadav refused to comment on the developments, but hinted that ‘it will send a wrong message among people of Bihar’.
Rahul said that Kumar has betrayed the Congress Bihar’s interest. The Congress scion even charged Kumar of not keeping him in loop before taking the decision.
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said that the former could not resist separation from his former ally – the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
JD(U) leader Arun Kumar today said that Nitish Kumar did not consult with senior party leaders and the tie-up with BJP is his personal decision.
“Nitish Kumar has decided to join hands with the BJP after listening to his conscience. However, my conscience does not all allow me to endorse his decision,” Ali Anwar said.
Tejashwi also threatened of protests across the state against Kumar "who will find it difficult to move around". He claimed he had support of most JD(U) MLAs
The governor invited Nitish Kumar for the swearing-in after the BJP extended support to Nitish Kumar for forming a new government with the support of the NDA constituents in the state.
From reports that Nitish Kumar might resign as Bihar Chief Minister in Wednesday evening to midnight meeting with the Governor to stake claim to form government, here are 6 developments in 6 hours that changed Bihar's political landscape.
Nitish Kumar will take oath as Bihar Chief Minister at 5 pm on Thursday. Senior BJP leader Sushil Modi will also be sworn in as Deputy CM.
Nitish Kumar is back with NDA and will take oath as Bihar Chief Minister tomorrow with the support of BJP.
Kumar today resigned as Chief Minister, citing differences with ally RJD over corruption charges against Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, son of Lalu.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav alleged that a "murder case" is pending against Nitish Kumar.
In a surprise move, Nitish Kumar quit this evening claiming he can't work in the ‘current circumstances’ following corruption allegations against Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav.
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