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 JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar was today sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister for 5th time. He was administered oath of office and secrecy by Governor Ram Nath Kovind in the presence of a
As Nitish Kumar returns as the chief minister of the state with India's poorest people, his game plan should be clear: Press on with policies that offer educational opportunities and further economic progress, especially jobs,
Patna: Nitish Kumar today took oath as Bihar Chief Minister along with 28 ministers, including RJD chief Lalu Prasad's two sons Tejaswi and Tej Pratap, as the grand alliance government of RJD-JD(U)-Congress was sworn in
Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar CMPatna: After the Grand Alliance's landslide victory in the Bihar Assembly polls, Nitish Kumar to take oath as Chief Minister of the state today. The oath taking ceremony
Patna: Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar will today take oath as Bihar's Chief Minister for the fifth time.The swearing-in ceremony, to be held at the historic Gandhi Maidan at 2pm, will draw tens of
Patna: An array of personalities, mostly from the non-BJP stable, that could indicate possible future political alignments, will be present at the swearing in ceremony of Nitish Kumar, who is set to take over as
Patna: Sulking BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha today said he received an invitation from Bihar Chief Minister designate Nitish Kumar for the oath taking ceremony tomorrow but would not be able to attend the function due
Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted the invitation of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to be present at the swearing-in ceremony of his new government on November 20 but will not be able to make
New Delhi: The oath-taking ceremony of Nitish Kumar on November 20 is all set to be a mega event with JD-U keen on displaying larger unity of political forces as the grand alliance gears up
Mumbai: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today called Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and invited him for his oath-taking ceremony to be held in Patna on November 20.The Sena chief, however, expressed his inability to
Jammu: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah will attend the oath-taking ceremony of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, scheduled on November 20 in Patna."Nitish Kumar called up the President National Conference personally in the morning and
Patna: JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar, who along with RJD chief Lalu Prasad steered the Grand Alliance to a massive victory against BJP-led NDA in Bihar, was today elected as the leader of legislature party of
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday submitted his resignation to Governor Ramnath Kovind after the cabinet decided to recommend the dissolution of the outgoing assembly. "Nitish Kumar met the governor and submitted his resignation
Patna: Newly-elected legislators of Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) will elect Nitish Kumar as the leader of the legislature party today following which he will be elected as leader of the legislature party of the
Nitish set to be elected as Grand alliance party leaderPatna: JD (U) leader and outgoing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is all set to be elected as Leader of Grand Alliance legislature party today in Bihar
Patna: JD(U) leader and outgoing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is all set to be elected as Leader of Grand Alliance legislature party tomorrow in Bihar even as RJD chief Lalu Prasad was today authorized by
Patna: A number of leaders, including Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee, will attend Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar oath-taking ceremony being described as "a
Patna: Nitish Kumar, who is set to take oath as Bihar Chief Minister fourth time, will not have a deputy CM in his cabinet.It was speculated that one of two sons of RJD chief Lalu
Washington/London: They might have missed casting their franchise in the crucial Bihar elections that witnessed a landslide victory for the Nitish Kumar-Lalu Yadav's Grand Alliance and decimation of the BJP, but the diaspora gave a
* A total of 143 MLAs (59%) in the new Bihar assembly face criminal charges, and 96 MLAs face serious criminal charges including murder and kidnapping. * Among MLAs facing serious charges, 12 have been charged
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