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: 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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Gaya: Cacophemism and name-calling marked the high-volatge sparring today between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the Bihar electoral battle.Adressing a rally in Gaya, Modi, who had recently described Lalu Prasad's
PM Modi tears into JD(U)-RJD alliance; asks people to bring BJPGaya: Tearing into the ruling Nitish Kumar- Lalu Prasad alliance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the people of Bihar to use the upcoming
Patna: Voicing strong displeasure over Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling Bihar a BIMARU (laggard) state, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today launched a counter attack and asked him to get his facts right.He also hit back
Patna: Launching a counter-offensive against the scathing remarks by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on him, RJD President Lalu Prasad today accused Modi of lowering the standard of the PM's post. “Narendra Modi has given a
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