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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RJD's Raghuvansh Prasad Singh alleged that Nitish Kumar's support to demonetisation and hissilence" throughout the UP polls over the issue helped the BJP.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today unveiled a statue of veteran leader and former Bihar CM Ram Sundar Das to pay respect to the departed leader.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said that no innocent would be implicated but anyone found responsible will not be spared either.
Bihar government today presented a Rs 1.60 lakh crore budget for 2017-18 with no proposals of any fresh tax.
RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Sunday attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad, saying both leaders have been doing vote-bank politics by supporting triple talaq and opposing a uniform civil code.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav today advised his party legislators to first talk to him before going to the media to air their grievances about Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday took a complete U-turn from his previous stand on demonetisation drive and sided with the opposition parties in questioning the BJP-led NDA government’s November 8 last year decision.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today termed the Union Budget as ‘disappointing’ for people, particularly the poor, farmers and youths.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s party JD(U) has pulled out of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls saying it wants to ensure that "communal forces" are defeated.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has once again dropped ample hint of a deviation from his alliance partners RJD and Congress in the state.
Attacking the BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today alleged that its predecessor Jan Sangh had opposed the reservation policy of socialist leader and former CM Karpoori Thakur.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday announced that nearly 3.5 lakh contractual teachers in the state will get their wages hiked after the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission.
A week after Prime Minister lauded the Bihar Chief Minister's efforts in implementing prohibition in the state, Nitish Kumar has now urged Narendra Modi to order a liquor ban in all states where the Bharatiya
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today returned the Law Commission’s questionnaire on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) saying ‘questions have been framed in a manner that it forces the respondent to reply in a specific
After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s public support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on demonetisation move, both leaders were full of praise for each other for their respective actions taken for prohibition.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today visit Patna to attend the closing function of the 350th ‘Prakash Parv’ -- commemorating 350th birth anniversary of Guru Govind Singh, at Gandhi Maidan here.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar is richer than him as far as movable and immovable assets are concerned.
Dalai Lama praises Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for liquor prohibition
Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal (United) has reiterated its support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘demonetisation’ drive and said that it won’t comment on the issue before the completion of 50 days, as asked by the
The Bihar government on Tuesday has green-signalled implementation of 50 per cent reservation in both subordinate and superior judicial services in the state. This means that 50 per cent quota would be implemented in appointment
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