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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New Delhi: NDA today accused JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar of "sacrificing" a Mahadalit while Congress saw BJP's "panic" behind Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's resignation hours before a trust vote in Assembly and said it
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Jamshedpur: Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Giriraj Singh today held former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar responsible for the prevailing political situation in his state. “Ever since Kumar (Nitish) severed ties
Patna: Bihar's outgoing Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi may float a new political party ahead of the assembly elections due to be held in October-November this year.According to India TV sources, Manjhi has called a
Patna: Ahead of tomorrow's confidence vote, Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today virtually dangled the carrot of ministerial berths to garner support from MLAs. Manjhi, who was speaking at Garib Swabhiman Sammelan here, appealed to
New Delhi: On the eve of the crucial trust vote in Bihar Assembly, BJP today trained its gun on Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary accusing him of “acting like a JD(U) leader against all rules and
Patna: Ahead of Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's floor test, Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary today granted the status of principal opposition party to JD(U) in place of BJP, which slammed the move as
New Delhi: In past few weeks, Bihar has witnessed bewildering, breathtaking political changes.While Nitish Kumar paraded his MLAs before the Governor in Patna, Jitan Ram Manjhi is bracing to face the floor test on February
New Delhi: Taking a dig at JD-U leader Nitish Kumar for suspension seven party's ministers in Bihar, BJP today said the action was taken after efforts failed to “buy them” ahead of the trust vote
Patna: Blaming BJP for the “chaos” in Bihar by propping up Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi against him, senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today trashed the saffron party for justifying the 14-day time given to
New Delhi: In past weeks, Bihar has witnessed bewildering, breathtaking changes and the state political crisis has taken yet another twist.Just three days before the Jitan Ram Manjhi government is to seek trust vote, the
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Monday failed to attend the all- party meeting called by Assembly Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary while the opposition BJP boycotted it.Meanwhile, the Patna High Court restrained the Manjhi
Patna: Hailing Shiv Sena for speaking the “truth” on BJP's role in Bihar's present political situation, senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today said several other parties had echoed the same.“Shiv Sena has spoken the truth
New Delhi: BJP today accused JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar of being solely responsible for throwing Bihar into a “constitutional crisis” and political instability due to his “craving for power” and charged him with “misusing” the
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today alleged that Nitish Kumar's camp was trying to"frighten MLAs" by spreading rumours that he was "conspiring" with BJP to have President's Rule imposed in Bihar and
New Delhi: Bihar's political crisis has taken a new twist after . Former Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has alleged that Jitan Ram Manjhi's meeting with the governor as well as the Union home minister signaled
Guwahati: Accusing JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar of being responsible for a Constitutional crisis in Bihar, Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today asserted the situation “is fit for imposition of President's Rule there”.“There is
Mumbai: Amid a political crisis in Bihar, the BJP today launched a broadside against JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar, describing him as a "champion in horse trading" and "power hungry" as the saffron party kept its
Patna: Exuding confidence that he would win the February 20 trust vote, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today said he would enter the ring like a “wrestler” and not bother about how strong the
Patna: Bihar Governor K N Tripathi today refused to join issue with JD(U) leaders over the timeframe given to Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to prove his majority in the House on February 20, saying
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