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.
Read MoreFew days ago, Yadav had during a press conference here asked a journalist to leave the room and had even called him ‘anti-national’.
A day after Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) asked Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav to ‘place facts before the public to dispel graft charges’, just stopping short of demanding his resignation, the latter has ruled out the possibility of quitting
Nitish told his leaders that he would not tolerate any stain on the clean image of his government and people against whom accusations have been levelled should quit the post
JD(U) today asked the RJD to place facts before the public to dispel graft charges against Tejashwi Yadav.
Even as troubles spiral around the Congress-RJD-JD(U) ‘mahagathbandhan’ in Bihar, the Opposition could announce the name of a joint candidate for the vice-president poll following the meeting of non-NDA here today
The BJP today offered outside support to the Nitish Kumar government if he chooses to break the 'Mahagathbandhan' alliance in Bihar.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has cancelled his weekly Lok Samvad programme for Monday. The Chief Minister office, on Sunday, issued a statement citing ill health of Nitish as the reason for cancellation of the programme
Kumar, who had earlier accepted the resignation letters of four of his ministers for their "involvement" in corruption cases, should now take the same step against his deputy, he told reporters here.
Nitish Kumar, who is presently in Rajgir, has told his close confidants that he will not drop Tejashwi from his cabinet till the time the CBI files chargesheet against him.
Rahul was absent when the Congress-JD(U) spat broke out. The sparring began after Azad attacked Kumar for breaking ranks with the opposition and supporting NDA's presidential pick Ram Nath Kovind.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday attacked Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad over alleged benami land deals, calling him the "Robert Vadra of Bihar".
The meeting was organised in the backdrop of Kumar’s campaign to make the state drug-free. Last year, Kumar had banned sale and consumption of liquor across the state.
Nitish’s statement comes at a time when opposition parties, including both his allies in the state – RJD and Congress – are on an offensive against the government over the haphazard launch of the GST
The cracks in the ruling Mahagathbandhan in Bihar resurfaced on Sunday as state chief minister Nitish Kumar lashed out at the Congress, saying that the party alone was responsible for the current mess in the Opposition
The father of an acid victim girl, who died on June 22 ending her battle for life for the past five years, has appealed to the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for financial aid to perform her 'Shradh'.
Meanwhile, on June 5, Lalu will meet party office-bearers and elected representatives in Patna to review preparations for the rally.
Comparing BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi with a fox, Lalu said that he will not succeed in creating fissures between the alliance partners.
The BJP today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had a "natural admiration" for each other.
The RJD chief had on June 22 said that its ally the JD(U)'s call to support NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind was "a wrong decision", adding he would appeal to Nitish Kumar not to commit "a historic blunder".
Nitish said that the decision to support Kovind’s candidature was conveyed to Lalu and Congress president Sonia Gandhi well in advance’.
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