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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Siwan (Bihar): A Janata Dal-U MLA today filed a complaint in a court in Bihar's Siwan district charging Prime Minister Narendra Modi with hurting the sentiments of the people of the state by questioning the
Patna: The Patna high court on Tuesday ordered an interim ban on use of pictures of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and his ministers as well as any other publicity material in the state government's
Patna: Most Bihar schools, including government and private, remained closed on Tuesday as mark of respect to former president A.P.J Abdul Kalam, who passed away on Monday, an official said."The education department has ordered closing of all schools in the
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the state had developed in the last 10 years and his government had worked for its development with justice for all.Nitish Kumar also said that Bihar
Allahabad: Dismissing surveys which showed that the Nitish-Lalu combine had an edge in poll- bound Bihar, senior BJP leader and Union Minister Ram Shankar Katheria here today claimed that the two would "split up" once the process of giving
New Delhi: As Bihar heads for a fierce political battle, AAP is finding itself in a dilemma on how to return "favour" to Nitish Kumar considering JD(U)'s tie-up with fodder-scam convict Lalu Prasad and Congress
New Delhi: JD(U)-RJD alliance, which is locked in a fierce battle with the BJP-led NDA to retain power in Bihar, wants single phase election in the state which saw voting in six stages in the
Patna: Shatrughan Sinha, MP and senior BJP leader, today met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who he described as “guardian of the state”, generating speculation in political circles which he downplayed.The meeting between the veteran
Patna: Launching a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today accused him of not honouring promises made for development of the state.On a day Modi picked on Kumar on
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today reacted sharply to the remark made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which he had said there was some problem with JD (U) leader's DNA.Kumar said his
Patna: Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for comments purported to be directed against him, RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav accused the PM of trying to "demean" the people of Bihar and "create a
Patna: In Bihar to kickstart the poll campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said politics has hurt the state's development and promised to give it a package “bigger” than Rs 50,000 crore which he had
Patna: On his maiden visit to Bihar after assuming power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said politics had hampered the development of the state and promised to give more than Rs 50,000 crore special package
Patna: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Bihar to kick-start his party's poll campaign, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today launched an attack on him, posing seven questions to him on retrieval of blackmoney, farmers'
Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a day-long visit to Bihar, on Saturday inaugurated the new IIT campus here.He launched Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Rashtriya Gramin Joyti Yojna aimed at power sector reforms
New Delhi: The grand alliance of Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress is expected to get a majority in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, a pre-poll survey conducted by ABP News-Nielsen said.The
Patna: A war of words erupted between the BJP-led NDA and the alliance led by the ruling JD-U on Friday over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's July 25 visit to the state.While BJP leaders were upbeat
New Delhi: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today took potshots at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad over Kumar's tweet likening himself to sandalwood that remains unaffected by snakes wrapped around
Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's tweet likening himself to “chandan” (sandalwood), which remains unaffected despite snakes wrapping themselves around it, has created a flutter in poll-bound Bihar as it is being seen as directed against
Patna: Realising the damage his tweet referring to a ‘snake' had caused, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today clarified that it was not aimed at his political rival-turned-partner Lalu Yadav, chief of Rashtriya Janata Dal
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