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: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today condemned Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh for his remarks dubbing newsmen as "presstitutes" and stressed on freedom of media for strengthening democracy."Media is the
Patna: Opposition BJP today attacked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for accusing the party of indulging in politics over special package to Bihar saying his anxiety was going up as the process for development of eastern
Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded special status for Bihar besides central assistance, today accused BJP of indulging in politics over special package to the state with the
Patna/Supual: Opposition BJP today slammed Nitish Kumar government for not initiating stern action in respect to the washing of socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia's statue after former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi had garlanded
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government is planning to provide a special developmental assistance of over Rs. one lakh crore for Bihar, where BJP is keen to regain its momentum after a sheer
Patna: Describing RJD chief Lalu Prasad's announcement in favour of the merger of Janata Parivar splinter parties as “a solid and effective” step towards the process, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said a formal
New Delhi: Bihar today sought financial assistance from the Centre to strengthen the state's judicial system through increasing the number of judicial officers and non-gazetted employees and expanding infrastructure.At the joint conference of Chief Justices
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday said if the Centre does not have money to repair the national highways which are in a poor condition, the state government could step in and do it."The
Patna: Lokjanshakti Party (LJP), an NDA ally, today supported Amit Shah's “jungle raj 2” barb against Nitish Kumar government and also mocked at talks of merger of old Janata Parivar.“He (Amit Shah) has rightly said
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today sought to play down his attending a dinner being hosted by his political rival Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital saying it was “part of an
Patna: BJP President Amit Shah's “jungle raj 2” comment about the law and order situation in Bihar found support from ally Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) which today said rule of law was “unthinkable” when
Bihar: Launching a scathing attack on the BJP for its "jungle raj 2" barb, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday asked "what were the 2002 Gujarat riots?""Godhra ka 2002 ka danga kya tha iska
New Delhi: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will be in Delhi today and is likely to put efforts for the merger of six parties of the erstwhile Janata Parivar.JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP KC Tyagi said that
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said merger of six parties of the erstwhile Janata Parivar was on course but denied any dates for the announcement of the unification.According to the media reports, the
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today accused BJP of rewarding people like Giriraj Singh who speak 'uncultured' language.Nitish Kumar was reacting to the remarks of union minister Giriraj Singh who had said that Congress
New Delhi: Bihar chief minister and senior JD (U) leader Nitish Kumar has asked his partymen to gear up for the Bihar Assembly election.While attending an event Nitish Kumar said, "The officials should not remain
Patna: The Bihar government is planning to skill up one crore youth in the state in a time span of five years to make them compete globally for industries requiring skilled workforce, Chief Minister Nitish
Patna: Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has refused to vacate the CM's official bungalow at 1, Aney Marg.Manjhi has taken the position that he would vacate the residence only after his predecessor-cum-successor, Nitish
New Delhi: Rumour about RSS's interest in Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has provided momentum to the efforts being made by Janata Parivar to unite.The move to bring together the Janata outfits as a counterweight to
New Delhi: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, after meeting PM Modi on Thursday said that Bihar expects the Centre to provide financial assistance to the tune of Rs 1,07, 887 crore for different projects.Nitish has submitted
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