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: BJP yesterday accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of misleading people about investors getting windfall of tax incentives in the event of grant of special status to the state and said such incentives were
Patna: In an apparent dig at BJP leaders like Narendra Modi for using Twitter to score points, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said they were turning the sweet chirping of birds (dictionary meaning
Patna: In a fresh round of exchanges between former NDA partners BJP and JD(U), the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar yesterday denied having received any letter from the Gujarat government inviting farmers to an agricultural
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Friday said he was eagerly awaiting the central government to accord special category status to the state.A day after Planning Minister Rajeev Shukla told the Rajya Sabha that Bihar's
Patna: With the Railways blaming the Bihar government for the train disaster at Dhamara Ghat in Khagaria district which claimed 28 lives, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday dubbed Railway minister of state Adhir Ranjan Chaudhury's
Patna: A complaint case was filed today against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his security men for allegedly assaulting dalpatis during CM's interaction programme with people on Monday.One Mohammad Hakit of “Bihar Rajya Dalpat and
Patna: With the Railways blaming the Bihar government for the train disaster at Dhamara Ghat in Khagaria district which claimed 28 lives, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today dubbed Railway minister of state Adhir Ranjan Chaudhury's
Patna: The Nitish Kumar government has served notices to eight former BJP ministers asking them to vacate their ministerial bungalows at the earliest after ceasing to be ministers, according to an official today.“We have served
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday called Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury a "fool" for blaming the state government for the train tragedy that killed 28 people."I can say that he
Patna: In a veiled attack on Narendra Modi on Gujarat's industrial development model, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that inclusive growth model being implemented in his state was a better alternative as it
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday asked people to maintain communal harmony as he hoisted the national flag amid tight security here."I appeal to people to maintain communal harmony as it is a must
Patna, Aug 12: Noting that there was grave threat to the earth due to global warming, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday urged the students to take active part in making the green mission a
Patna, Aug 12: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday said he was hopeful that the state would be accorded special category status soon on the basis of a special committee report.He also warned that Bihar
Patna, Aug 9: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today visited several places to greet people on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitr and prayed for the progress of the state.At a prayer at the Gandhi Maidan here,
Patna, Aug 9: Demanding special category status for Bihar to fast track its economic development, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday pinned hope on the high-level sub-committee formed by Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram which will
Patna, Aug 7: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today said talks between India and Pakistan must take place, but an atmosphere for improving bilateral relations should first be created.Speaking to reporters here, Nitish Kumar described
Patna, Aug 7: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the family of each of the four soldiers, who were killed in an ambush by Pakistani forces along
Patna, Aug 7: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday announced ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh to be paid to the next of kin of each of the four martyred Indian army jawans hailing from
Patna, Jul 31: Indicating increase in acrimony among them post split, the BJP while reacting to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's comment that he would cut them to size in next elections today said this would
Patna, Jul 30: Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha today dubbed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as "Prime Ministerial material" and said that he wanted to build bridges between the former partners BJP and the JD(U)."Nitish Kumar is
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