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: The Nitish Kumar government today drew the anger of opposition BJP over alleged irregularities in implementation of Food law in the state.As the Assembly sat for the day, BJP members insisted that adjournment notice
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will sit on a 24-hour fast here tomorrow as part of JD(U)'s stir against the Land Acquisition bill. State JD(U) President Basistha Narayan Singh would also participate in the
Patna: A day after winning confidence vote comfortably with the help of allies RJD, Congress and CPI, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said discussion on expansion of cabinet would take place after completion of
Patna: Jitan Ram Manjhi, who had resigned as Bihar Chief minister just hours before a crucial trust vote last month, today absented himself from the inaugural sitting of the joint session of Bihar Legislature after
Patna: A day before the budget session, JD (U) and RJD held a meeting with the legislators on the eve of Nitish Kumar trust vote and told them to vote for the motion.Former Bihar Chief
Patna: Lauding the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) for its services, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said his decision to set up a dedicated force to deal with natural disasters has been vindicated in Bihar,
Bhagalpur: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said political rivalry with BJP notwithstanding he would not hesitate to knock doors of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the interest of the state.“In the interest of Bihar
Patna: Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, along with cabinet ministers of his erstwhile regime, today sat on a protest fast at Gandhi Maidan here against the Nitish Kumar government annulling decisions taken by
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today blamed BJP for the release of jailed separatist leader Masarat Alam in Jammu and Kashmir and said that the saffron party was "responsible" for whatever was happening there."The
Patna: BJP today slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for annulling 34 decisions taken by the Jitan Ram Manjhi cabinet last month and questioned Kumar's moral right to do so before passing the trust vote on
Patna: The Bihar government will declare the state policy for women empowerment on March 22 to ensure that women participate in mainstream development.Announcing the measure in a speech at a function in the state capital
Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar along with other JD (U) leaders and party workers will observe a 24-hour fast in the state on March 14 to register their protest against NDA government's land acquisition
Gaya (Bihar): Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today said that he along with ministers in his cabinet would observe a day-long protest fast at Gandhi Maidan in Patna on March 9 against Nitish
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today justified his government annulling 34 populist decisions taken by his predecessor Jitan Ram Manjhi days before demitting office saying these were basically “non-decisions” as no laid down procedure
Patna: The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Wednesday annulled 34 decisions taken during Jitan Ram Manjhi regime without any prior proposals from the concerned departments.The decisions, all taken in the month of February by
Patna: Criticising BJP for celebrating the budgetary hike of 10 per cent of state's share in central taxes, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the percentage hike for Bihar was among the lowest three and
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today termed as “unprincipled and opportunistic” the alliance between BJP and PDP to form a government in Jammu and Kashmir and said the saffron party's move has killed its
Patna: Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday floated his political front — Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) — to "expose the real face" of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.The HAM is being seen as the first step to
Patna: The Bhagalpur Riots Probe Commission today submitted its report to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.The Chairman of the panel Justice (Retd) N N Singh met the CM and handed over the report to him,
Patna: Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today stoked a controversy by alleging that Bihar Niwas in New Delhi was washed with ‘Ganga jal (water)' after his visit so that his successor Nitish Kumar
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