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: 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
Patna: Nitish Kumar will take the oath as chief minister of Bihar on November 20. The swearing in ceremony will be organised at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna.According to reports, the new cabinet will have
Islamabad: Leading Pakistani newspapers today ran front-page stories on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP's rout in the key Bihar polls, in which Pakistan figured as a major issue during campaigning that saw party president making
Washington: The Bihar assembly polls result is a direct and negative evaluation of the BJP's performance in the last one year, a US-based expert said today, as the American media termed the party's stunning defeat
Patna: The man who hardsold brand Narendra Modi during the 2012 Assembly polls in Gujarat and last year's general elections, also helped craft Nitish Kumar's campaign strategy in Bihar that saw him thump his arch
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today secured emphatic win for third consecutive term as CM in assembly elections.While incumbent Nitish will serve as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the third time, RJD
New Delhi: Stung by its resounding defeat, BJP's Parliamentary Board, the party's highest decision-making body, will meet here tomorrow to introspect even as it said that the results will be analysed and corrective measures taken.BJP
Kolkata: Congratulating Nitish Kumar and the Grand Alliance in Bihar on its victory in the assembly polls, Trinamool Congress today said the bond between parties like JD(U), TMC and AAP will be more strengthened and
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