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: Realising the damage his tweet referring to a ‘snake' had caused, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today clarified that it was not aimed at his political rival-turned-partner Lalu Yadav, chief of Rashtriya Janata Dal
Patna: Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today said the Centre was committed to release caste data under Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) after rectification of errors in the cases of 1.46 crore people.“RJD president Lalu
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Patna: Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday said a person belonging to the upper caste cannot become Bihar chief minister after the upcoming assembly polls in the state."An upper caste cannot become chief minister of
Patna: The BJP today said a scam was brewing in 'Badh Chala Bihar' (BCB) campaign launched by the state government and alleged that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was misusing government machinery for electoral purposes. The
Patna: BJP parliamentarian Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday cautioned his party not to treat lightly the coming together of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad ahead of the state assembly polls. The note
Patna: Former Bihar Chief Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi today demanded a ‘respectable' number of seats in the upcoming Assembly polls from the BJP-led coalition.“We are seeking respect and (hence) a
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today congratulated Indian tennis star Sania Mirza on winning the Wimbledon doubles title in partnership with Switzerland's Martina Hingis yesterday."Sania has made the people of India proud by winning the
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Patna: RJD President Lalu Prasad, a host of Bihar ministers and Congress leaders today attended the Iftar party hosted by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here.State Congress president Ashok Choudhary, Congress Legislature Party leader Sadanand
Patna: BJP President Amit Shah's claim about the party giving first Prime Minister from the OBC caste in Narendra Modi, was today sharply contradicted by both the JD(U) and RJD.Prominent OBC leaders - Chief
Patna: With BJP-led NDA surging ahead in the Legislative Council poll, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the election outcome did not reflect people's opinion as only a limited number of voters participated in it.
Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad today rejected reports that he was not attending 'iftaar' party hosted by Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on July 13 over differences cropping up between the two parties."I
Patna: In a bid to woo women voters, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said prohibition would be imposed if he retained power after the coming assembly elections."If I retain power, I will impose
Patna: It is a blessing that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "spends some time in the country also", Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today."What can be said of the Prime Minister? He goes to foreign
Patna: The ruling JD(U) and opposition BJP today accused each other of making the polls to 24 Legislative Council seats a "prestige issue" and claimed that the results would show the real situation on the
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