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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Nitish Kumar on January 28 took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for a record ninth time after a dramatic volte-face, ditching the Mahagathbandhan and the opposition bloc INDIA and forming a new government with the BJP, which he had dumped less than 18 months ago.
The accused, identified as Vishesh Chaturvedi, is a native of Patna district. He was studying in Mumbai. The police took cognizance of the matter and registered an FIR against him and two others under the IT Act and relevant IPC Sections.
The Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar won a vote of confidence in the Assembly on February 12. The new government secured 129 votes amid a walkout by the opposition members. The Bihar assembly has a strength of 243 MLAs.
The infrastructure enhancements are expected to unlock new opportunities for trade, commerce, and tourism while bolstering the region's economic prospects.
The BJP is likely to contest in 17 seats in Bihar in the Lok Sabha elections. The party may offer 14 seats to Nitish Kumar's JDU, sources said.
Filing of nominations will come to a close on March 11, and the last date for the withdrawal is March 14. Voting is scheduled for March 21.
Earlier in the day, Congress MLAs Murari Prasad Gautam and Siddharth Saurav, and RJD MLA Sangita Kumari joined the BJP. The development comes just weeks ahead of the declaration of Lok Sabha polls by the Election Commission.
The elections will be held on March 21 and the counting of the votes will begin the same evening and will have to be completed by March 23. Among the seats going to polls include that of Nitish Kumar.
Upendra Kushwaha said that the Rashtriya Lol Janata Dal has registered with the Election Commission under the name Rashtriya Lok Morcha.
Nitish Kumar's JDU told the Kovind panel on One Nation One Election that they are in support of simultaneous polls with Lok Sabha and state Assemblies, but not with the local body polls.
Last week, Nitish Kumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in what was their first meeting after the JDU president dumped the I.N.D.I.A bloc and joined the BJP-led NDA last month and later reiterated that he will not leave it again.
Bihar news: Contradicting his father Lalu Yadav's statement, Tejashwi Yadav launched a fresh attack on Nitish Kumar while addressing the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra today in Sasaram and said that the Bihar CM does not want to listen to anyone.
Tejashwi Yadav joined Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', which resumed from Bihar's Sasaram district. The Congress scion began his yatra from the party's district office this morning and is expected to enter Uttar Pradesh through Mohania in Kaimur district in the evening.
Bihar former Chief Minister Lalu Yadav was at the Bihar Assembly as he accompanied RJD candidates Manoj Jha and Sanjay Yadav who filed nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, targeting the opposition in the Legislative Assembly, said that they create chaos, which is why slogans against me are being raised in the House.
BJP has already announced the names of its two candidates from Bihar, former ministers Bhim Singh and Dharamsheela Gupta. These three NDA candidates will file nominations on February 14.
An FIR has been filed for the kidnapping of JDU MLAs Bima Bharti and Dilip Rai. JDU MLA Sudhanshu Shekhar lodged this FIR at Kotwali police station of Patna.
The trust vote followed after Nitish Kumar took the oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the record ninth time after ditching its alliance with the RJD and forming a government with the BJP.
Nitish Kumar addressed the Bihar Assembly on Monday and slammed the RJD over its previous rule in the state. The NDA government won the floor test securing the support of 129 MLAs. The Opposition staged a walkout during the trust vote.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav in the Bihar Assembly during a discussion on trust vote said at present BJP leaders talk a lot about 'Modiji's guarantees', will PM Modi guarantee that Nitish will not flip again?
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