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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Prasad got two plots of land allotted in his name in violation of the MLA Cooperative Society's bye-laws, Modi said adding that the bye-laws allowed allotment of only one plot to a member of the Society.
Top leaders including Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar are expected to converge at 94th birthday celebrations of DMK chief M Karunanidhi in Chennai today.
Kumar said like taking a call against total prohibition on demand of a few women, he was inspired to run a campaign against child marriage by a woman at "Lok Samvad" (public interaction) programme.
Kumar’s meeting with the Prime Minister comes a day after he skipped a meeting of opposition parties convened by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Though JD(U) leaders maintain there is nothing to read between the lines, the meeting has fueled speculation of a rekindling of ties between the two leaders
Income Tax department today conducted raids and surveys at about 22 locations in Delhi and adjoining areas in connection with alleged benami deals of Rs 1,000 crore by Lalu Prasad Yadav and members of his family.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today pitched for building a consensus on the next president, suggesting that the BJP should initiate talks with political parties and favouring a second term for Pranab Mukherjee.
Favouring a second term for President Pranab Mukherjee, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today asked the BJP to try to build a consensus on the Presidential candidate by talking to all the political parties.
When asked about reports of a move to form a grand alliance of non-BJP parties ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Chief Minister said opposition parties should be united at the national level.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumat today said that he is not in race for Prime Minister’s post in 2019 parliamentary elections.
He further said that the ruling ‘Grand Alliance’ of RJD, Janata Dal (United) and Congress will be weakened in view of the Supreme Court's order and that Nitish will love to see a ‘weak’ Lalu.
Presidential polls are scheduled for July this year. Incumbent Pranab Mukherjee so far appears unlikely to contest for a second term.
Bihar on Monday became the second state to pass the GST Bill after Telangana, paving the way for roll out of the new tax regime from July 1.
The two discussed the current political situation in the country and also the possibility of an alliance at national level ahead of 2019 general elections.
After successfully banning manufacturing, sale and consumption of liquor across the state, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has started a new campaign. This time, he is crusading against dowry and child marriage.
BJP, in a surprising revelation, said that the documents exposing the two-acre land deal were provided to it by “someone close” to JD(U) president and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.
Calling upon national parties to take the lead in bringing political parties opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Party on one stage, Kumar said that the responsibility lies with the Congress since it is a big national party
Speaking at an event in the state capital, Nitish said that there is an urgent need to overcome this menace as he called for restoring faith and respect for each other through Gandhian ideology.
The Bihar police today detained and questioned two entrepreneurs for allegedly questioning Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on start-ups during an event in Patna.
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