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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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PM Modi running a twitter government: Nitish Kumar

Politics | Aug 09, 2015, 05:48 PM IST

New Delhi:  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday described the Narendra Modi government as a "union Twitter government that listens, acts and responds only on twitter"."Finally we have a government that could be truly

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PM Modi tears into JD(U)-RJD alliance; asks people to bring BJP

Politics | Aug 09, 2015, 03:55 PM IST

Gaya: Tearing into the ruling Nitish Kumar- Lalu Prasad alliance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the people of Bihar to use the upcoming assembly polls as an opportunity to "free themselves from the

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Not consulted on Bihar Governor's appointment: Nitish

Politics | Aug 09, 2015, 01:53 PM IST

Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today publicly expressed his displeasure over senior BJP leader Ram Nath Kovind's appointment as Bihar Governor claiming that he was not consulted in the matter by the Centre as per

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Modi Govt listens and acts only on Twitter: Nitish Kumar

Politics | Aug 09, 2015, 01:57 PM IST

Patna:  Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Gaya, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today took a jibe at his government, saying the Centre responds and acts only on networking site Twitter.Kumar also questioned

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Ravi Shankar Prasad to launch mobile app for digital literacy; 3 other events of the day

India | Aug 09, 2015, 10:15 AM IST

1. Ravi Shankar Prasad to launch mobile app for digital literacyNew Delhi: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will today launch a Disha mobile app, which can be used to learn about computers and Internet.2. Nitish

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I was not consulted on Bihar governor appointment: Nitish Kumar

Politics | Aug 08, 2015, 06:21 PM IST

New Delhi:  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today voiced his displeasure over the appointment of senior BJP leader Ram Nath Kovind as new Governor for the state without consulting him, saying he got the information

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Nitish Kumar heckled during 'Bihar foundation' event in Delhi

Politics | Aug 08, 2015, 06:18 PM IST

New Delhi: Ahead of Assembly elections in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday faced an angry crowd during an event in Delhi.At the inauguration of the New Delhi chapter of the Bihar foundation at

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Will go to people with work, not 'jumlas': Nitish Kumar

Politics | Aug 08, 2015, 01:25 AM IST

Patna:  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he will seek the people's mandate on the basis of his work and not by using "jumlas" (euphemism) like the BJP, in an apparent dig at BJP

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PM Modi to launch first National Handloom Day; six other major events of the day

India | Aug 07, 2015, 10:11 AM IST

1. PM Modi to launch first National Handloom DayChennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today launch the first National Handloom Day at a national level function in Chennai.2. Prez to begin two-day visit to OdishaNew

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Jitan Ram Manjhi's Party HAM Gets Telephone Symbol

Politics | Aug 07, 2015, 08:30 AM IST

Patna, Bihar:   Former chief minister of Bihar, Jitan Ram Manjhi's political outfit, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) has been allotted telephone as a symbol by the Election Commission. Mr Manjhi shared the information in a

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Bihar is not Nitish Kumar and Nitish Kumar is not Bihar: NDA's answer to CM

Politics | Aug 05, 2015, 08:49 PM IST

New Delhi: Charging that "arrogance, betrayal, conspiracy and deceit" are the ABCD of Nitish Kumar's politics, the BJP-led NDA today launched an all-outattack on the Bihar Chief Minister, accusing him of "shamelessly" distorting Prime Minister

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Nitish Kumar equating his "arrogance with the identity of Bihar": Ravi Shankar Prasad

Politics | Aug 05, 2015, 06:19 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP today accused Nitish Kumar for equating his "supreme arrogance with the identity of Bihar" after the chief minister in an open letter charged Narendra Modi with insulting the state by taking a

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Nitish writes open letter to Modi asking him to withdraw DNA comment

Politics | Aug 05, 2015, 08:57 PM IST

Patna:   In an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took strong objection to his DNA  comment about the Bihar Chief Minister  at a recent election rally in the

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Pappu Yadav to approach Lok Sabha Speaker on Patna SSP's threats

Politics | Aug 05, 2015, 06:38 AM IST

Lok Sabha member and Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) founder Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on Tuesday said he will draw attention of Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Patna Senior Superintendent of Police “threatening” to

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Shatrughan Sinha not seeking JD(U) ticket for wife: Nitish, Sinha

Politics | Aug 04, 2015, 12:50 AM IST

Patna:  Actor-turned-BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today denied that their recent meetings were in context of the former's wife entering into the fray in the Assembly poll on a JD(U)

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Jharkhand Chief Minister for 'Nitish-Lalu mukht Bihar'

Politics | Aug 02, 2015, 06:25 PM IST

Patna:  Targeting Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his ally RJD leader Lalu Prasad, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghuvar Das on Sunday urged the people to vote for a "Nitish-Lalu mukht Bihar"."After Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha's wife may contest on JD(U) ticket

Politics | Aug 02, 2015, 05:21 PM IST

Patna:  Bharatiya Janata party MP Shatrughan Sinha's wife Poonam sinha may contest upcoming Bihar Assembly polls on a  a Janata Dal (United) ticket, according to a media report.“The veteran actor is toying with the idea

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Nitish Kumar to make denial of spl status a major poll plank

Politics | Aug 02, 2015, 10:32 AM IST

New Delhi:  Crying "betrayal", Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)-RJD alliance will flag in a big way in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections the denial by the Centre of special category status to the state.JD(U) Secretary General and

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Special status for Bihar to be key assembly poll plank

Politics | Aug 01, 2015, 05:33 PM IST

Patna:  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United (JD-U) will rake up the issue of centre's denial of special status to the state as one of the top agendas to counter BJP in the upcoming state

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Bihar's development has been derailed: BJP

Politics | Jul 31, 2015, 04:42 PM IST

Patna:  Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had "betrayed" the BJP and that Bihar's development had been derailed after his party was ousted from the state government."Nitish Kumar

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