Nitish Kumar is a famous Indian politician. He is from the Janata Dal-United (JDU). Nitish Kumar is the Chief Minister of Bihar and has served as CM for 5 times in the past. He has also served as a Union Minister.
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Nitish Kumar was born on 1 March 1951 (age 72 years; in 2023) in Bakhtiarpur, Bihar. His zodiac sign is Pisces. He attended school from Shree Ganesh High School, Bakhtiarpur. He is pursuing a B.Sc. in mechanical engineering from Bihar College of Engineering in 1972. After completing his college, he joined the Bihar State Electricity Board. Although he joined the board of Bihar Electricity, he did not want to work there. The day he joined was his last too; he worked there only one day. He always dreamed of getting into politics. Once in an interview, he said- “I am not in politics by chance”. He is interested in political life and wants to be a part of it.
Physical appearance
Height: 5′ 8″
Weight: 75 kg (approx.)
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: White
Nitish Kumar
Family
Nitish Kumar was born in an OBC (Kurmi) Family. His father, Ram Lakhan Singh, was a practitioner of ayurveda. His mother, Parmeshwari Devi, was a housewife. He has an elder brother, Satish Kumar. He has three younger sisters, Usha Devi, Indu Devi, and Prabha Devi.
Nitish Kumar With His Mother Parmeshwari Devi
Nitish Kumar’s brother Satish Kumar
Nitish Kumar was married to Manju Kumari Sinha on 22 February 1973. They have a son together, Nishant Kumar. His wife died on 14 March 2007 at the age of 53, after a prolonged illness at Max Hospital, New Delhi. He is a teacher in a Government high school.
Nitish Kumar With His Wife Manju Kumari Sinha
Nitish Kumar With His Son Nishant Kumar
Political career
In 1971, Kumar became a member of the Samajwadi Yuvajan Sabha; the youth wing of the Ram Manohar Lohia movement. In 1974, he joined the JP movement but was arrested under the Internal Security Act. In 1975, he was arrested during the Emergency. He contested the 1977 Bihar Assembly election for the first time as a member of the Janata Party but lost. In 1985, he contested again in the Bihar State Assembly elections and won. He was appointed as the Lok Dal state president in 1987.
Nitish Kumar with Janata Party Leaders
In 1989, Kumar was appointed as the General Secretary of the Janata Dal in Bihar. In the same year, he was elected as a Member of Parliament from the Barh Lok Sabha Constituency of Bihar. He was appointed as the Union Minister of Agriculture and Cooperation from April 1990 to November 1990. In 1991, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for the second time and appointed as the General Secretary of the Janata Dal. Kumar was also elected as the deputy speaker of Parliament. He was involved in the implementation of the Mandal Commission Report and emerged as an icon of social justice.
Nitish Kumar On His First Day As Union Minister
In 1995, he started the Samata Party with George Fernandes to compete with Lalu Prasad Yadav in the Bihar Assembly elections. His party could only win 6 seats. Nitish contested the 1996 Lok Sabha elections and was elected as a member of parliament. He won again in 1998 and 1997. He was appointed Union Minister of Railways, Minister of Surface Transport and Minister of Agriculture in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government.
Nitish Kumar With George Fernandes
In 2000, the Janata Dal-United (JDU) contested the Bihar Assembly elections and won. Kumar was the Chief Minister of Bihar for seven days but quit shortly before facing a no-confidence motion in the Bihar Assembly. In 2004, he was elected as a member of parliament and became the leader of JDU in Parliament. In November 2005, the JDU along with the BJP won the Bihar Assembly elections with a majority and ended Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD’s 15-year rule. Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar and the NDA came to power in Bihar.
Nitish Kumar Appointed As Bihar CM
The NDA won again in 2010 with a huge majority. Kumar took oath as CM for the 3rd time. In 2013. when it was announced that Narendra Modi would be the Prime Ministerial candidate for the NDA, he broke his alliance. In 2014, when the NDA won the Lok Sabha elections with a landslide victory, Kumar took responsibility for the defeat and resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar. He made Jitan Ram Manjhi as CM.
Nitish Kumar With Jitan Ram Manjhi
Soon after Manjhi took oath as CM, differences arose between Manjhi and Nitish. They started increasing in numbers and soon Nitish had to campaign to get Manjhi removed from the post of CM. In 2015, he joined an alliance with the RJD and the Indian National Congress (INC). It was dubbed as Mahagathbandhan and they won Bihar Assembly elections 2015. Kumar was sworn in as CM for the fifth time. On 27 July 2017, he broke his alliance from the Mahagathbandan after Lalu Prasad Yadav was convicted in the fodder scam. He entered into an alliance with the BJP again for the Bihar Assembly elections. NDA won in Bihar and Kumar was sworn in as Chief Minister for the 6th time in his career.
Nitish Kumar With Narendra Modi
On 9 August 2022, he resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar after he broke his alliance with the BJP in the state. Soon after his resignation, he staked a claim to form the government in Bihar. On 10 August 2022, he was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for a record eight times.
Controversy
- In 2010, Kumar sacked his Excise Minister Jamshed Ashraf. After his dismissal, Ashraf alleged that Kumar was involved in tax evasion on liquor which cost the state over INR 500 crores.
- In 2013, he announced to end the alliance with the BJP in Bihar as Narendra Modi was named as the NDA’s PM candidate. He was allegedly a turncoat and allegedly did this because he had personal differences with Modi.
- In 2015, he was heavily criticized for allying himself with Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD and Congress. He has long opposed Lalu Prasad Yadav and came to power in 2005 on the promise of freeing the people of Bihar from Lalu’s rule.
- In 2017, he broke the alliance with the Mahagathbandan and within 24 hours he formed the government in Bihar with the BJP. Many journalists and leaders called him an opportunist and stated that Kumar is doing this reportedly for the 2019 General elections.
- In 2017, some questioned Kumar when it was revealed that his son, Nishant Kumar, was three times richer than him.
- On 9 June 2019, he announced that the JDU would not be part of the NDA outside Bihar. This reportedly happened after JDU was offered only one Cabinet post in Narendra Modi’s cabinet. Kumar stated that it was humiliating for his party to win 16 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar and be offered only one Cabinet post.
Address
1 Anne Marg, Sachiwalya, Patna, Bihar
Car Collection
Nitish Kumar owns a Ford Ecosport (Model 2015)
Assets & Real Estate
Fixed Assets: 16.49 Lacs INRCCash: 47,500 INR Bank Deposit: 63,000 INRJewelry: Two 20gm Gold rings and one Silver ring studded with moti worth INR 51,000
Property: 40 Lacs INR Residential flat in Sansad Village, Co-op Group Housing Society, Dwarka, New Delhi worth 40 Lacs INR
Favourite
Politician: Jaiprakash Narayan
Cast: Aamir Khan
Movie: PK (2014)
Food: Butter Masala Dosa
Beverage: Tea
Salary & Net Worth
Salary: 2.15 Lacs INR per month
Net Worth: 3.09 Crores INR
Facts
- When Nitish was in college, he was greatly influenced by Jaiprakash Narayan, RamManohar Lohia, VP Singh, Karpoori Thakur and SN Singh.
- There are two biographies that have been written about him. Nitish Kumar and the rise of Bihar by Arun Sinha and Single Man: The Life and Times of Bihar’s Nitish Kumar by Sankarshan Thakur.
- His son, Nishant Kumar, in an interview had said that he did not have a good relationship with his father and that the two did not get along.
Nitish Kumar With His Son Nishant Kumar
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