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 battle lines drawn between rival factions of ruling JD(U) in Bihar, incumbent Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's camp today claimed the support of 56 MLAs of the party and RJD and exuded confidence
Patna: Nitish Kumar today escalated the stand- off in the ruling JD (U) in Bihar by threatening to take the battle to the President if his claim to form the government is not accepted while
New Delhi: Amid deepening political crisis in Bihar, Janata Dal (U) leader Nitish Kumar on Monday met the state's governor Kesri Nath Tripathi and staked claim to the chief minister's post, parading 130 MLAs from
New Delhi: Amid deepening political crisis in Bihar, Janata Dal (U) leader Nitish Kumar on Monday met the state's Governor and staked claim to the chief minister's post and paraded 130 MLAs from his party,
New Delhi: Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi was today expelled from Janata Dal United amid deepening political crisis in the state.Manjhi was expelled following his refusal to resign as Bihar Chief Minister to make way
New Delhi: JD-U leader Nitish Kumar would meet the Bihar governor today and stake claim to form the government with the support of 130 MLAs, a party leader said on Sunday.Bihar speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today pitched for “special category status” for Bihar, a demand long pushed by his mentor-turned-adversary Nitish Kumar, saying it will pave the way for economic development and
Patna: Nitish Kumar, the new JD(U) Legislative Party leader, who will formally stake claim to form the government in Bihar tomorrow, today said any attempt by the BJP to ‘throttle democracy' would only harm it.
Patna: BJP today attacked Nitish Kumar for pushing Bihar into ‘political instability' due to his ‘lust for power' and said all options were open for it in the current situation.“Nitish Kumar is responsible for throwing
Patna: In fast paced development, Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary today recognized Nitish Kumar as the new leader of JD (U) Legislature Party and Jitan Ram Manjhi as a former head.A letter issued by
New Delhi: Grappling with a crisis within, JD(U) today accused BJP of plotting a split in the party—a charge denied by the saffron party which said the entire crisis was triggered by former Bihar Chief
New Delhi: Accusing Nitish Kumat of being power hungry, the beleaguered JItan Ram Manjhi today asserted that he is still very much the Chief Minister of Bihar.“As on today, I'm still very much the Chief
New Delhi: BJP today hit back at JD (U) over allegations that it was plotting a split in the party, saying the entire crisis was triggered by former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar himself and
Patna: Clearing the decks for the formation of state government under the chief ministership of Nitish Kumar, a delegation of leaders from JD(U) and other allies on Sunday submitted letters of support to the governor's
New Delhi: Beleaguered Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi is set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi here in the evening today with the two expected to discuss the political situation in the state where
Patna: Claiming support of 130 MLAs, JD(U) national President Sharad Yadav today came out all guns blazing against Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi for causing damage to the party by recommending dissolution of the Legislative
Patna: Union minister Ramvilas Paswan today described JD(U)'s meeting, which elected Nitish Kumar as the Legislature Party leader, as “unconstitutional” and sought President's rule or early election in Bihar in view of “instability”.“The JD (U)
Patna: Within hours of reported expulsion of Jitan Ram Manjhi, the JD(U) on Saturday denied the report and said legislative party only chose former chief minister and party strongman Nitish Kumar as its new leader.According
Patna: In the latest political development in Bihar, Janta Dal (United ) has expelled its rebel Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi from the party and chose Nitish as the chief of the legislative party.Earlier in
Patna: Nitish Kumar was today elected as Leader of the JD(U) Legislature Party at a meeting called by party President Sharad Yadav to replace Jitan Ram Manjhi as Chief Minister of Bihar.Masaurhi MLA Arun Manjhi,
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