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: With cancelling dinner for BJP leaders in 2010 now becoming a major issue in poll-bound Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today steered clear of the controversy passing the buck on senior BJP leader Sushil
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad today made it clear that Nitish Kumar will become Bihar CM even if RJD gets more seats than JD(U) in upcoming Assembly elections.Appearing in India TV's election special
New Delhi: Rubbishing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's claims that Bihar will get less funds from the Centre as “misconceived”, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said total transfer to the state during the next five
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav will not be present at the rally of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in West Champaran district today as the two would be
Patna: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's proposed rally in Bihar ahead of the assembly elections seems to have run into rough weather as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar too has now expressed his inability to attend
New Delhi: It seems that all is not well in the ‘grand secular alliance' of Bihar.Days after Rashtriya Janata Dal Chief Lalu Yadav expressed inability to attend Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's rally in Bihar,
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today claimed that the Prime Minister has become ‘furious' after losing the Delhi Assembly polls and wants to win in Bihar “by hook or by crook”, but he will
New Delhi: The decision of Asaduddin Owaisi led AIMIM (All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen) to enter the electoral fray in Bihar has the potential of changing the political fortunes of the two main contenders, NDA and
Jaisalmer: Amidst his yoga session with the BSF jawans, Baba Ramdev today termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "vikas-purush" (man of development) and said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's comparison with him is "not
Jaisalmer: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev today said he is confident that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take positive steps to bring back black money to the country."The issue of black money was raised by me and
New Delhi: Incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is much ahead of his competitors in race for the next Bihar CM with 53 percent voters choosing him as their preferred candidate to lead the state, according
Patna:Bihar leaders, including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad and senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday welcomed the announcement of state assembly polls."We welcome the poll
Patna: Ahead of the upcoming state assembly polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has reiterated his demand before the central government to grant "Special Category" status for Bihar.The move seems to be aimed at targetting
New Delhi: Union minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy said the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) main target in Bihar was to unseat Nitish Kumar and derail Lalu Yadav in the coming assembly elections.He said that after 10
New Delhi: Seat sharing will not be a contentious issue for NDA partners in Bihar polls, BJP ally RLSP said today as it backed the alliance's decision not to project a chief ministerial face, insisting
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday did not meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Bodh Gaya, as he had other engagements and the PMO did not consult the state government before
New Delhi: The Assembly poll results in Bihar will not only decide the direction of Bihar politics but will also have a major impact on the political future of all three big faces in these
Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad today left for Delhi to placate Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, whose party stormed out of the nascent anti-BJP grand alliance for Bihar assembly elections yesterday.Lalu, who also has
Patna: Launching counter-attack on Nitish Kumar who sought Centre's report card on performance in one year, BJP on Tuesday said the Chief Minister along with 'secular alliance' partner Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress should furnish
Patna: Sharing a stage for the first time, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, RJD leader Lalu Prasad and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday denounced Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of failing to fulfil
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