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, Apr 13 : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today met BJP chief Rajnath Singh at his residence where the two leaders were understood to have held consultations on NDA's strategy ahead of Lok
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New Delhi, April 13: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is not in the prime ministerial race, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) said Saturday."We have made our stand clear on PM issue. Nitish Kumar is not in
Patna, Apr 12: Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor said here on Thursday that he would definitely want to become Prime Minister one day, after having done the role of a chief minister.Kapoor had come with John
Patna, Apr 8 : Apparently referring to Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's remark that India was a beehive, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today questioned where honey would come from if there was no beehive."Madhumakkhi ka
Patna, Apr 5: The Lok Sabha polls will take place on schedule next year "in all likelihood" as the Congress is adept at manipulating numbers to ensure that the UPA II government stayed "afloat", Bihar
Patna, Mar 27: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, euphoric over the likely move of the central government to accord special status to Bihar, played Holi with party workers and people Wednesday and took pot shots at
Patna, Mar 22: Patna: Congress is ‘competent' in managing numbers to overcome political crisis like the one now following withdrawal of support by DMK to UPA II, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said yesterday and
Patna, Mar 20: The campaign for special status for Bihar has entered an "interesting" phase and the Centre will have to consider the demand now or in future following the successful rally at Delhi, Chief
Patna, Mar 20: With the withdrawal of support by DMK from the Union government and the UPA alliance , Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Congress knows the "trick" to remain in power."Congress knows the
Patna, March 19: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday said the DMK's pullout from the UPA government will not lead to early elections."The Lok Sabha polls will be held on schedule because the Congress-led UPA
New Delhi, March 18: The Congress Sunday said the central government "goes out of the way" to support all backward states and Bihar is not the only one, which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar claimed to
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