Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar and leader of Janata Dal United (JDU), has become the talk of the town following the opposition INDIA alliance’s defiance of exit polls and apparent victory of 231 seats, which is just 31 seats shy of the halfway point required to form the government. ‘Paltu Kumar’ is his … Read more
Nitish Kumar, Bihar’s chief minister, won a trust vote in the assembly on Monday, ending a rollercoaster few weeks that saw him swap allies, take oath for the ninth time, and tensions rise in the days leading up to the floor test. The ruling coalition received 129 votes in the 243-member legislature after the Opposition … Read more
Nitish Kumar is back where he was in July 2022: with the BJP. He remains Bihar’s Chief Minister, but he now has two new deputies, both from the BJP, in place of his long-time buddy Sushil Kumar Modi, who has gone on to become a Rajya Sabha MP after Nitish Kumar left the BJP and … Read more
Nitish Kumar, the Bihar chief minister, announced his resignation on Sunday, stating that the decision to dissolve the ‘mahagathbandhan’ government was made after seeing unprecedented situations in the coalition. “Situations within the coalition were unfavourable. “I tendered my resignation today after considering all of the views of my party’s leaders,” he said. Kumar also alleged … Read more
In a bid to pose a formidable challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi, the opposition bloc in India is contemplating the inclusion of political heavyweights in its lineup, as per sources reported by NDTV. The discussions took place a day after the opposition group convened in Delhi to … Read more
The Nitish Kumar government’s long-awaited caste survey results are now available. In Bihar, the Extremely Backward Classes make up the largest social group (36% of the total population), followed by the Other Backward Classes (27.13%). The two groups together make up 63% of the state’s overall population, which was just over 13.07 crore at the … Read more
Patna: Calling Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s ‘Samadhan Yatra’ an “attempt to befool people”, political strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor said chairing meetings of “favourite ministers and bureaucrats” at such programmes would not solve the problems faced by people. Interacting with media persons at Barauli in Gopalganj district, Mr Kishor on Friday claimed the JD(U) leader had … Read more
Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday met CPM leader Sitaram Yechury at his office in Delhi. Nitish Kumar denied speculation on his Prime Ministerial candidature, saying that “I am not even a claimant, I don’t even desire it.” “We are together, that is why I am coming here”, said Nitish on meeting CPM leader … Read more