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.
Read MoreThe trust vote followed after Nitish Kumar took the oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the record ninth time after ditching its alliance with the RJD and forming a government with the BJP.
Nitish Kumar addressed the Bihar Assembly on Monday and slammed the RJD over its previous rule in the state. The NDA government won the floor test securing the support of 129 MLAs. The Opposition staged a walkout during the trust vote.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav in the Bihar Assembly during a discussion on trust vote said at present BJP leaders talk a lot about 'Modiji's guarantees', will PM Modi guarantee that Nitish will not flip again?
Senior BJP leaders Tarkishor Prasad, who was a Deputy CM till 2022, and former state unit chief Nand Kishor Yadav are said to be in the race for the new Speaker's post. Choudhary was removed from Speaker's post after 125 members voted in favour of the motion while 112 voted against it.
Tejashwi Yadav, earlier, accused the Bihar Chief Minister of leaving the state in confusion for his political gains by switching sides. "We were not there for your entertainment, we were there to support you," the RJD leader said.
Hindi and Maithi writer Dr Usha Kiran Khan passed away at 79 at a private hospital in Patna. She had not been keeping well for the last few days. She was conferred with Padma Shri in 2015.
Bihar floor test: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) today made it clear that it will give no walkover to the ruling NDA in Bihar a day later when the assembly is scheduled to take up a no-confidence motion against Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary announced that the approval of 30,000 posts in various departments.
Bihar floor test: Meanwhile, a meeting of RJD MLAs and MLAs of mahagathbandhan was held here this evening ahead of the Floor Test. The leaders are reportedly staying back here after the meeting.
The magic figure for the majority is 122 in the 243-member Bihar assembly. After the exit of JD(U), the strength of the 'Mahagathbandhan' has been reduced to 114.
Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary affirmed that the BJP has not abandoned its determination to establish its own government in Bihar, even after forming an alliance with Nitish Kumar.
After re-joining the NDA, Nitish Kumar on Wednesday met PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda.
Nitish Kumar in Delhi: This was the first visit of the Janata Dal (United) supremo after he dumped the Mahagathbandhan and the I.N.D.I.A bloc to form a new government with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar.
According to JD (U) sources CM Nitish Kumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is expected to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda over his demand special packages for Bihar.
Nitish Kumar, a key member of the opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc, took a U-turn and joined BJP-led NDA. Subsequently, he took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a record ninth time on January 28.
The newly formed NDA government in Bihar will seek the trust vote in the state assembly on February 12.
Bihar politics: Jitan Ram Manjhi earlier said that we want 2 ministerial posts, an independent minister has been given a ministerial post, in Magadh one post has been given to a Scheduled Caste then one post should also be given to an upper caste. We have Anil Singh as a strong leader.
The election of a new Speaker, who would succeed Awadh Bihari Choudhary of the RJD, is also scheduled on February 12 and so is tabling of the state Economic Survey.
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Bihar news: The newly formed NDA government in Bihar, headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, will seek the trust vote on February 12, the inaugural day of the budget session, according to a revised notification issued on the matter on Thursday (February 1).
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