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, Dec 1: The Nitish Kumar government today approved tabling of the Lokayukta Bill in the coming winter session of the Bihar Assembly with the promise that it will be a strong and effective legislation.Talking
Arwal, Nov 30: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said no single massacre has taken in Arwal district since the NDA government took over power six years ago.“I am glad with the prevailing peaceful situation
Patna, Nov 26: Bihar Youth Congress today flayed the report card presented by Nitish Kumar government for the sixth consecutve year yesterday saying it was aimed at “misleading and befooling” the people on all issues.
Patna, Nov 16: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today described as a ‘welcome step' the reduction in price of petrol for the first time in three years.“It is a positive and welcome step ... We
Patna, Nov 15: NCP General Secretary Tariq Anwar tody accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of playing “politics” over the proposal to set up a centre of the Aligarh Muslim University in Bihar.Talking to reporters here,
Patna, Nov 14: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said Rahul Gandhi was a “natural choice” to lead the Congress, but maintained it was the internal matter of the party.“It is for the Congress to
Patna, Nov 13: Accusing RJD chief Lalu Prasad of staying away from Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said opposition leaders should concentrate on the state.“I think opposition leaders (of the state) also should concentrate
Ghaziabad, Nov 11: Miffed at Nitish Kumar's rebuff to them over the criticism of Bihar Lokayukta Bill, Team Anna today said the Bihar Chief Minister was free to choose whom to give priority to but
Patna, Nov 12: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today made a veiled attack on Team Anna for its criticism of his government's draft Lokayukta Bill saying “people should refrain from passing judgement on any issue
New Delhi, Nov 11: Congress today backed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's stand on the issue of the state Lokayukta Bill and said that elected representatives are “answerable” only to the people.Kumar had yesterday said
Majaulia (Bihar), Nov 10: Apparently stung by Team Anna's rap on the proposed Bihar Lokayukta Bill, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he does not require anybody's certificate in the crusade against corruption in the
Patna, Nov 9: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today embarked on ‘Seva Yatra' to tour throughout the state to study the steps taken for implementation of development schemes and Right to Service Act for making
Patna, Nov 2: Describing Congress leader Digvijay Singh as a “mild and sobre politician”, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said Singh's recent “explosive” statements have “become a subject of research for me”.“I am of
Patna, Nov 2: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he was, in principle, in favour of the Right to recall elected representative of the people, but said a debate was needed on the issue.“Being
Patna, Oct 30: JD(U) today ruled out Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar contesting the assembly poll in the near future.“Such reports are speculative ... We rule out his (Kumar's) contesting (assembly) polls in the near
Siwan, Oct 10: Slamming the erstwhile RJD government in the state for its ‘secularism', Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the party's chief Lalu Prasad had glorified the perpetrators of Bhagalpur riots instead of
Patna, Oct 3: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has vowed to continue his fight against corruption and warned that more properties of corrupt officials would be seized under the state's anti-graft law.Claiming credit for introducing
Rajkot, Oct 1: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is a more suitable candidate for the post of prime minister than his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi, JD(U) national general secretary Arun Srivastav said here today. He
Patna, Sep 24: Putting at rest speculation over his participation in senior BJP leader L K Advani's ‘rath yatra' in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced he would flag off the event from Sitab
Patna, Sept 23: Putting at rest the speculation about Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi attending senior BJP leader L K Advani's anti-corruption rath yatra starting from Bihar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today said
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