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: 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
Mumbai: To ring-fence the capital markets from any possible systemic issues and manipulations, regulator Sebi and the stock exchanges have beefed up their surveillance and risk management systems to tackle expected volatility in markets due
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today congratulated Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on the victory of the grand alliance in the assembly polls."Netaji had called Nitish and
New Delhi: Prashant Kishor, the man who managed Nitish Kumar's communication cell, once again lived up to his reputation of a master strategist.The man who is also credited with PM Modi's massive victory in last
Patna: Asserting that the Bihar poll outcome will have national implications, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said it has made it clear that people want a strong alternative at the national level and have rejected
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Grand Alliance scored a stunning win today in the assembly elections, dealing a major blow to the BJP and sparking opposition attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi who
Patna: BJP ally and LJP leader Chirag Paswan today heaped praise on Nitish Kumar and described the victory of grand alliance as people's approval for his developmental work in the state.Paswan, whose party has suffered
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata party faced a major defeat in Bihar State election with JD(U) , RJD and Congress clinching a whopping 178 out of 243 assembly seats.Here are 8 reasons behind BJP's stunning defeat
New Delhi: Conceding defeat, BJP chief Amit Shah today congratulated Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad on their massive victory and said his party respected the people's mandate. “Our good wishes
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today termed the Bihar poll results as a “victory of unity over divisiveness” and congratulated Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD Supremo Lalu Yadav on the win.
Patna: Incumbent Nitish Kumar will take oath as Bihar's Chief Minister for the fourth time on Friday. An array of personalities, mostly from the non-BJP stable, that could indicate possible future political alignments, will be
New Delhi: Having backed Nitish Kumar in the high-stakes poll contest, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today congratulated the JD(U) leader for his “historic victory” as trends showed the grand alliance surging ahead of the
Patna: Janata Dal-United's Nitish Kumar's "glittering face" and his ally RJD's Lalu Prasad's "strong base" helped Grand Alliance surge ahead in the votes that were counted in Bihar polls on Sunday, a JD-U leader said."Nitish's
Patna: Elaborate security arrangements have been made for Sunday at 39 centres across Bihar for counting of votes polled in the five-phased assembly elections, officials said on Saturday.Counting of votes polled for 243 assembly seats
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