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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Amid the political turmoil in Bihar, BJP MLA from Barh in Patna district, Gyanendra Singh Gyanu, claimed that Chief Minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar might shake hands with the BJP within the next 2-3 days.
Bihar news: The HAM president said that by seeing the statements of his former ally and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, he had sensed earlier that there would be a change in the state.
In a massive development, Nitish Kumar is all set to quit the I.N.D.I.A bloc and join the NDA once again, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Speculations were rife regarding a rift in the Opposition bloc. A chain of events preceded the huge step by Nitish Kumar. DETAILS
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Singh's remarks come against the backdrop of Bihar's political landscape, where alliances and speculations around Nitish Kumar's political moves add complexity. The BJP leader's statements provide insight into the ongoing power play and the strategies adopted by key political figures in the state.
Is Bihar going to witness another government change? Speculations are rife that Nitish Kumar may leave the Mahagathbandhan in the state and once again switch sides to align with the BJP, ahead of Lok Sabha elections due for April-May this year.
Nitish Kumar, during a rally held to mark the 100 birth anniversary of Karpoori Thakur said that he had not promoted any of the family members in politics just like Karpoori Thakur.
Though Rohini Acharya deleted the posts after a couple of hours but it was good enough to show the point of view of the Lalu family on the ongoing tussle between them and Nitish Kumar.
While praising PM Modi for his government's decision to confer Bharat Ratna to socialist leader Karpoori Thakur, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday attacked dynastic politics which many referred as an attack on Lalu's family fueling speculations about a big development in the state politics.
Amid rumours of Nitish Kumar exiting from the alliance with the RJD, the Bihar Chief Minister made scathing remarks on Lalu Yadav's family on the occasion of Karpuri Thakur's Jayanti.
This comes a day after Nitish Kumar thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the central government’s decision to confer the Bharat Ratna upon former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur.
India's number one and most followed Super Prime Time News Show, ‘Aaj Ki Baat-Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.
"I would like to say to him (PM Modi), you may say that you took the step just like that, without taking into account what we did," Nitish Kumar, the longest-serving CM of Bihar in his trademark style.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has welcomed the government's decision to posthumously confer the Bharat Ratna on former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur and termed it 'historic'.
Karpoori Thakur was chosen for the country's highest civilian award a day ahead of his 100th birth anniversary. The announcement to confer the country's highest civilian award to Thakur, popularly known as 'Jan Nayak', was made by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Karpoori Thakur's visionary leadership, unwavering commitment to uplift downtrodden left indelible mark on India's socio-political fabric, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar reshuffled his cabinet on Saturday night, in which portfolios of three ministers of his ally RJD were changed. Education Minister Chandra Shekhar, who has been hitting the headlines for different reasons, was made the Sugarcane Industries Miniter.
Earlier in the day, Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced the constitution of a new team of the party’s national office-bearers, relieving many Lok Sabha MPs of their organisational positions.
Bihar minister Sanjay Jha, Rajya Sabha MP Ram Nath Thakur, Ali Ashraf Fatmi and Afaque Ahmad Khan have been retained as general secretaries. Nitish Kumar was elected as the party president last month.
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