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 has offered unconditional support for Nitish Kumar, paving way for his return as Chief Minister under the banner of the NDA
Nitish Kumar threw a political bombshell by announcing his resignation, citing irreconcilable differences with ally RJD on the issue of corruption charges against his deputy Tejashwi Yadav.
Nitish Kumar, however, did not rule out taking BJP's support in forming a new government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Nitish Kumar for "joining the fight against corruption," soon after his resignation.
The BJP announced support to the JD(U), hours after Nitish Kumar stepped down as Bihar Chief Minister.
Lalu Prasad Yadav has claimed that CM Nitish Kumar never asked for the resignation of his deputy Tejashwi Yadav, who is at a centre of a controversy related to alleged illegal transfer of land in exchange of undue favour.
All eyes will be on the crucial meeting of the Janata Dal (United) in Bihar where Nitish Kumar may spell out his decision on his deputy Tejashwi Yadav
RJD vice president Raghubansh Prasad Singh had yesterday told a news channel that "being the driver of the coalition, it is Kumar's responsibility to keep the Grand Alliance intact by having dialogue with its senior leaders."
According to media reports, Nitish nudged Rahul to take on corruption charges against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family, particularly his son Tejashwi Yadav
Kumar's meeting with Rahul comes days after Sonia spoke to the Bihar CM and Lalu Prasad in an effort to prevent a collapse of the ruling coalition.
Nitish Kumar is set to meet Rahul Gandhi at 4 p.m. to discuss the present political situation in Bihar.
JD(U) today dubbed Tuesday's meeting between Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav as routine.
Talking to India TV , JD(U) spokesperson Ajay Alok said that his party is still of the opinion that Tejashwi must clarify his position in public with concrete proof in this matter.
With cracks in the Mahagathbandhan widening each day and leaders of JD(U) and RJD openly attacking each other over Tejashwi, all eyes will now be on the stand Nitish takes in the matter.
The four-day deadline set by the JD(U) for RJD to clear the air over corruption charges against Tejashwi, son of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, is ending today
Tejashwi Yadav and other RJD leaders should come out with a substantive rejoinder to maintain the Grand Alliance's image, JD(U) leader Pavan Varma said today.
Replying to queries from Rajat Sharma in the show Aap Ki Adalat, Prasad scotched speculations about any political "khichdi" being cooked between JD (U) and BJP.
Bihar has been in the grip of a political crisis over the demand for the resignation of Tejashwi after the CBI registered a case against him in a benami property case and also raided his premises last week.
The two leaders had met a few days back during the cabinet meeting after which Tejashwi’s security guards had allegedly misbehaved with the media persons.
Sinha, BJP BJP MP from Patna Saheb seat, said "I hope and pray that Bihar does not go for a mid-term poll."
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