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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Patna: Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today welcomed Bihar government’s recommendation for a CBI probe into the murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan in Siwan but said it was “forced” to do so under “sustained
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Kishanganj: Former Union Minister and senior RJD Lok Sabha MP Mohammad Taslimuddin today said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is not “PM material” and he is “day dreaming of becoming the prime minister” as he has
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was today invited by a group of women from Maharashtra to guide them for proper and effective enforcement of prohibition in some of the districts of their state. A
The Bihar police today arrested a man for allegedly throwing a slipper at Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. Incidentally, the youth involved in the act also goes by the name of Nitish Kumar.
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