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Nitish Kumar

Nitish Kumar

Height: 1.73m DOB: 1 March 1951

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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Arvind Kejriwal to visit Bihar on August 27

Politics | Aug 20, 2015, 04:09 PM IST

Patna:  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will attend a conference on good governance here on August 27 on the invitation of the Bihar government, an official said on Thursday."Kejriwal will be the chief guest," the

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Sushil Modi accuses Nitish Kumar of 'hiding' crime data for 'face saving'

Politics | Aug 20, 2015, 06:19 AM IST

Patna:  Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of trying to "hide" crime data for "face saving." Sushil Modi in a statement here said the Bihar government has stopped displaying

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BJP attacks Nitish, Lalu & Rahul Gandhi on criticism of Bihar package

Politics | Aug 20, 2015, 05:17 AM IST

Patna:  The BJP today attacked opposition parties over their comments on the Rs 1.25 lakh crore special package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the state, accusing them of being "unhappy" with it and

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Lalu denounces PM's Rs 1.25 lakh crore special package, calls it 'political jumla'

Politics | Aug 19, 2015, 10:35 PM IST

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal President Lalu Prasad denounced the Rs 1.25 lakh crore special package for Bihar announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, calling it a “political jumla” and different from special status which

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Four rebel JD(U) MLAs join BJP; vow to defeat Nitish Kumar

Politics | Aug 19, 2015, 08:22 PM IST

Patna: The BJP in Bihar today received a shot in the arm, in view of the upcoming Assembly elections, as four rebel JD(U) MLAs, who along with other legislators had led the charge against Chief

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Nitish shares dais with Kejriwal, reminds PM Modi of BJP's historic defeat in Delhi

Politics | Aug 20, 2015, 09:07 AM IST

New Delhi:  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today shared dais in New Delhi and launched scathing attack on BJP and PM Modi.  Bihar Chief Minister  was in Delhi to

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Four JD-U legislators join BJP ahead of Bihar Assembly elections

Politics | Aug 19, 2015, 02:14 PM IST

Patna: Four Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislators on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party here.The legislators, suspended from the party for six years, joined the BJP in the presence of union minister Rajeev Pratap Rudy and

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PM Modi praises new Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind

Politics | Aug 19, 2015, 01:49 AM IST

Arrah (Bihar):  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made a lavish praise of new Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind and welcomed him on his new assignment."He has spent his entire life for upliftment of poor, dalits,

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PM announces Rs 1.25 lakh crore package for Bihar, 8 killed in HP landslide: Top 5 News Headlines

India | Aug 18, 2015, 09:48 PM IST

PM Modi announces Rs 1.25 lakh crore special package for Bihar, attacks Nitish for his 'arrogance'Arrah (Bihar): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a package of Rs.1.25 lakh crore for Bihar and said it will

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Nitish trashes Modi's package, says it's only 'repackaging'

Politics | Aug 18, 2015, 09:39 PM IST

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today rubbished Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election-eve Rs 1.25 lakh crore special package as “repackaging of old projects” and took him on for branding the state as BIMARU.  Kumar

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Fear of 'jungle raj' back in Bihar: BJP

Politics | Aug 15, 2015, 01:50 AM IST

Patna:  A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar called for unity of Extremely Backward Castes (EBC) to foil NDA's bid to wrest power in Bihar, the BJP today hit back at him saying the

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AAP Govt to facilitate Nitish Kumar in Delhi

Politics | Aug 13, 2015, 11:06 PM IST

New Delhi: In an indication of growing closeness between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar, the AAP government will facilitate the latter at a function likely to be held on

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Me and Nitish exchanged barbs during 'baal kaal' : Lalu Yadav

Politics | Aug 12, 2015, 07:31 PM IST

Patna: With BJP highlighting the barbs exchanged between Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad against each other when they were rivals to dub their alliance as "unethical and opportunistic", the RJD president today claimed that we

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Bihar polls: JD(U), RJD to contest 100 seats each

Politics | Aug 12, 2015, 09:34 PM IST

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav today announced that both the parties will contest 100 seats each in the upcoming Assembly polls.The Congress, on the other hand,  will contest

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JD(U) begins 'Shabd Wapsi', Nitish to take it to logical end

Politics | Aug 11, 2015, 10:55 PM IST

Patna: Janata Dal (United) today rolled out its 'Shabd Wapsi' (take back your words) campaign as part of which DNA samples along with signatures will be sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that he

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'Shabd wapasi' campaign deferred owing to differences between Lalu-Nitish

Politics | Aug 11, 2015, 02:18 PM IST

Patna: The launch of 'shabad wapsi' campaign (take back your words) in Patna was deferred today.Earlier, it was decided that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav will jointly address the media

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Nitish Kumar to launch signature drive over PM's DNA remark and other 7 major events of the day

India | Aug 11, 2015, 10:15 AM IST

1) Nitish Kumar to launch signature drive over PM's DNA remarkA day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi failed to comply with  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced to launch a 'Shabdwapsi' drive to protest Prime

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Nitish Kumar making political capital out of PM Modi's remarks : BJP

Politics | Aug 11, 2015, 02:57 AM IST

Patna:  The BJP on Monday hit out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for needlessly making an issue out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's DNA and BIMARU remarks.Charging the chief minister with trying to divert

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Nitish Kumar to launch 'Shabdwapsi' campaign against PM Modi remarks

Politics | Aug 10, 2015, 04:17 PM IST

Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will launch a 'shabdwapasi' campaign against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'DNA' remark made during a rally in Bihar last month.According to Nitish Kumar, around 50 lakh people, as part

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BJP slams Nitish for remarks against Amit Shah

Politics | Aug 10, 2015, 09:16 AM IST

Patna: The BJP today hit back at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for commenting on its national president Amit Shah's imprisonment in some criminal cases and claimed that Shah had been falsely implicated by the

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