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: Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan today accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD president Lalu Prasad of trying to divide the society by “indulging in caste politics” and asked NDA supporters to rise above
Patna: Banking on catchy tunes and exuberant lyrics, JD(U) today released its campaign song ‘Bihar mein bahaar ho, Nitishe Kumar ho' (Let there be prosperity in Bihar, let there be only Nitish Kumar) for the
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today began JD(U) campaign for upcoming Assembly elections through a programme called “Har Ghar Dastak” to seek feedback about the work done by the state government in the past.
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today launched an ambitious door-to-door campaign ‘Har Ghar Dastak' for the upcoming Assembly polls in the state.Kumar informed that around 10 lakh Janata Dal (United) workers will knock on
Patna: Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today questioned the Nitish Kumar government as to why it was implementing “modified” versions of his 34 agendas which were cancelled soon after he was removed from
Patna: Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said a whopping 54 per cent electricity was either "stolen or lost" in Bihar, which "doesn't produce a single unit from its own power stations.""It is a shameful
Patna: With his party's influential MLA Anant Singh locked in jail in a kidnapping case, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said law was equal for everybody.“Law is functioning on its own ... my government
Patna: Welcoming the arrest of JD(U) MLA Anant Singh, RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav today admitted that it was his "pressure" which led to the arrest."Yes it was my pressure (which led to Singh's arrest).
Patna: The BJP today challenged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar "to prove" when Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised that Rs 15 lakh will be deposited in every Indian's bank account once all the black money
Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD President Lalu Prasad today came together at a platform for the first time after announcement of secular front for coming Bihar poll and promised to send BJP packing
New Delhi: Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan today said that he will do everything to 'destroy' the alliance between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) and Lalu Prasad Yadav's
Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah attended a yoga camp held here on Sunday, but left hundreds of people disappointed by not performing any asanas."Amit Shah participated in yoga camp at Moinul Haque
Patna : In a setback to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the state Election Commission (EC) on Saturday stayed the high tech ‘Badh Chala Bihar' campaign after a complaint by the BJP.The BJP had alleged
Bengaluru: Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Friday that the political alliance of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad is bound to fail in the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar.Bihar Chief
Patna: The Centre today promised one more AIIMS to Bihar to strengthen its health infrastructure and assured cooperation in initiatives to improve medicare facilities in the state.The announcement to open one more AIIMS in Bihar
Munger (Bihar): Though not part of the official celebrations on June 21, Bihar Yoga Bharati at Munger, the earliest institution to teach the traditional art, would organise special classes at 101 places in the district
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today supported the concern of BJP patriarch L K Advani that Emergency-like situation could emerge again and said that Bihar was "facing it on a daily basis"."Advani is among
Patna: BJP president Amit Shah will take lessons from a Muslim yoga teacher at a special camp here on June 21 - International Yoga Day.“Yoga experts Mohd Tamanna and Ashok Sarkar will teach yoga to
Patna: Under pressure to declare its chief ministerial candidate for the Bihar Assembly elections, the BJP today said that the decision will be taken by the party leadership at an appropriate time.“We are not divulging
Patna: The Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), latest party to join the NDA in Bihar, today refused to accept the chief ministerial candidate in the coming Assembly poll and suggested that the candidate be "unanimously" chosen
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