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: With an eye on the forthcoming assembly polls in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday announced a Rs 10,000 incentive for upper caste students who passed their matriculation examination with a first division,
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today spoke to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and took stock of the situation in the state after 42 people were killed when a tropical storm ravaged several districts.During
Patna: At least 42 persons perished in the severe Nor'wester which ravaged 12 districts of Bihar last night, state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said on his return after an aerial survey of the affected
Patna: Hitting out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for making a number of announcements, the BJP today said he has turned into an “announcement minister” and asked him to “announce only such schemes that
Patna: Staying away from making any announcement about much touted formation of a new political party, former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today sought “punishment” for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for overturning his decisions
Patna: Opposition BJP today slammed Nitish Kumar government for alleged short supply of medicines, including life saving ones, in government hospitals as a result poor patients were "left at the mercy of God". As BJP
Patna: Under attack on the merger of Janata Parivar constituents despite uncertainty over its flag and symbol, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said all formalities related to the formation of the new political outfit
Kolkata: As the six Janata Parivar parties merged today to become a single party, the BJP said it was a temporary alliance of “political warlords” which would have no impact on Bihar Assembly polls due
New Delhi: Terming the merger of six ‘Janata Parivar' offshoots as a “failed experiment”, BJP today said these parties' only agenda is to “capture” power and described their leaders as those who have been “brand
New Delhi: Six political parties today decided to merge themselves in order to form a new group that will be headed by veteran socialist leader and former UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav.The six parties
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav is likely to announce the merger of six Janata Parivar parties today. The new party is likely to be called the Samajwadi Janata Dal. Sources said that Mulayam
Patna: Sounding the bugle for Bihar Assembly polls due months from now, BJP chief Amit Shah today mocked at the proposed merger of the 'Janata Parivar' ahead of the elections, saying "zero plus zero remains
Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh would attend a party workers convention today to sound the bugle for Assembly elections to be held later this year."Our leaders
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has accused the Centre of adopting “double standards” on the issue of payment of compensation to farmers. “The Union government provided compensation to sugarcane farmers of Maharashtra, which was
Patna: With Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP President Amit Shah all set to address a programme on Ambedkar Jayanti tomorrow, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today mocked the party saying those who have no
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the special assistance to the state was “a question of its welfare and right”, and his officers were following the issue after he submitted a memorandum to
Patna: BJP today mocked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for imparting lesson on “sushasan” (good governance) to RJD MLAs and said that the Kumar has played a “cruel joke” by entrusting responsibility to carry forward governance
Patna: Bihar government is arranging facilities to provide higher secondary education to all girls as “educating girls is the best way to stabilise population”, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said. “We have found that educating
Patna: Political significance of the proposed merger of Janata Parivar parties was discussed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in a meeting with RJD MLAs here today. Kumar also asked the legislators of the ruling
Patna: After Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) of Bihar has affirmed its approval for the merger of six parties of the erstwhile Janata Parivar."The party has declared its support
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