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 Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi has slammed former Bihar CM and senior Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar for seeking ‘immediate' removal of incumbent Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, paving way for his anointment
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has decided to keep its option open of supporting Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi in the trust vote that he will seek on February 20.According to BJP sources,
Patna: Claiming that no political party has come forward to endorse the Jitan Ram Manjhi government and it has a support of “just” 12 MLAs, senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today asked “Whose baby is
New Delhi: Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today alleged that he was behind the move to allow Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi more time to prove his majority so that
Patna/New Delhi: Amid the ongoing political crisis in Bihar, Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi has finally given a chance to Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to seek a vote of confidence on the floor of the
Patna: Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi asked Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to prove his majority on the floor of the House on February 20.“Immediately after Governor's address of the joint session of Bihar Legislature
New Delhi: BJP today accused Nitish Kumar of indulging in “horse trading” in his bid to become the chief minister of Bihar and claimed he has no faith in constitutional authorities or his own MLAs.The
New Delhi: Amid political standoff in Bihar, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today met President Pranab Mukherjee claiming support of 130 MLAs and urged him to advise the Governor to take an immediate decision claiming that
New Delhi: Aiming to put pressure on Bihar Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi to invite him to form the next government in the state, former chief minister Nitish Kumar today paraded 130 MLAs supporting him at
New Delhi: Terming the present political situation in Bihar as “an internal matter of JD(U)”, BJP today said it has nothing to do with it and will take a decision on whether to support Chief
New Delhi: In a fresh twist to the political logjam in Bihar, RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav today came out in support of Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and asked his party chief
New Delhi: Former Bihar chief minister and Janata Dal (United) leader, Nitish Kumar, will today meet President Pranab Mukherjee seeking his intervention to break the political stalemate over change of guard in the state.Kumar, accompanied
Patna: Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar left for New Delhi this evening with MLAs of his party, RJD, Congress, CPI and an Independent, intending to parade them before President Pranab Mukherjee tomorrow at the Rashtrapati
Patna: With his handpicked Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi challenging him, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today said he had erred in taking the decision to choose his successor.“Manjhi himself has talked about this ... that
Patna: Questioning the delay in inviting him to form the government in Bihar, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today said the party has planned to fly 130 MLAs supporting him to Delhi this evening to parade
Patna: Aiming to put pressure on Bihar Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi for inviting him to form the next government in the state, former chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said his party will parade his
Patna: Bihar BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today slammed Nitish Kumar for dragging his party into the internal conflict of JD(U) and pushing the state into a constitutional crisis for his ‘lust for power'.“A constitutional
New Delhi: BJP today said it will “wait and watch” and decide its strategy on the floor of the House when Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi makes the bid to prove his majority even
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