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Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the 22nd chief minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. He is Bihar's longest serving chief minister whilst also holding the post for his 9th term.
Nitish Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) on Sunday resigned as the chief minister of Bihar and hours later, formed a new government with the Bharatiya Janata Party, which he had dumped less than...
1 day ago · Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said the "special help" announced in the Union Budget addressed the state's concerns, which had previously led to demands for special category status. Speaking to reporters at the Vidhan Sabha premises shortly after the Budget presentation by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament, Kumar, a key ally of the ruling NDA, said, "We had proposed that if special status wasn't feasible for technical reasons, Bihar should receive special ...
1 day ago · Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Tuesday it's a "beginning" after the Centre allotted special aid to facilitate development in the state but denied the long-standing demand for Bihar's ...
Jan 28, 2024 · JDU leader KC Tyagi reveals reason behind Nitish Kumar ditching RJD, INDIA bloc. He alleged the JD (U) had been doing a lot of work in Bihar, but the "others" -- alluding to Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya ...
Jan 28, 2024 · On January 28, 2024 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar resigned from his post and left the mahagathbandhan alliance to return back to the BJP-led NDA fold. Later in the day he is set to take oath...
Jan 27, 2024 · 20:48 (IST) 28 Jan 2024. Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar CM for the 9th time | Key Highlights. Switching sides for the fifth time in just over a decade, JD (U) leader Nitish Kumar returned to the NDA on Sunday, less than 18 months after he left the alliance, and took oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for the ninth time.
The last time Nitish Kumar took oath as chief minister was in 2022 when he severed his ties with the NDA and joined the RJD, Congress and the Left alliance in Bihar. Between 2022 and 2024,...
Feb 12, 2024 · Bihar CM Nitish Kumar speaking during the trust vote in the Assembly. (Video screengrab/ YouTube) Bihar Floor Test Today Highlights: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar won the floor test 130-0 in the Assembly Monday, even as one-time ally Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)– led by Tejashwi Yadav– walked out of the House. The trust vote happened two ...
Jan 28, 2024 · While Nitish Kumar has been sworn in as Chief Minister nine times, many others have served as CM longer than he has, in fewer tenures. Nitish has been CM for over 17 years, but many, like Sikkim’s Pawan Kumar Chamling (24 years), Odisha’s Naveen Patnaik (23 years), Bengal’s Jyoti Basu (23 years), have been in power for longer than he has.
