Nitish Kumar

Friday, Dec 01, 2023 | Last Update : 01:18 PM IST

While there are one too many models for the Oppn to adopt, the pattern that emerges is that it is for the Congress to take the lead and accommodate the regional forces if it is seriously planning to give the National Democratic Front led by PM Modi a serious chase. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | Cong must try keep all on board in joint Opp. front

Back-to-back victories in K'taka and Himachal have proved that the Cong still has the strike power to defeat the BJP

23 Jun 2023 12:05 AM

Mr Kumar was very particular, and reportedly told all the parties, and in particular emphasised it to the Congress Party, that he wanted only heads of the parties to be in attendance. (ANI)

AA Edit | Patna meet delay to hurt Opposition

If Nitish cannot make a small compromise even on the format of the meeting, neither is the Cong keen to go out of its way to please him

07 Jun 2023 12:05 AM

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge with BRS MP K. Keshava Rao, DMK MP TR Baalu, AAP MP Sanjay Singh, RJD MP Manoj Jha and fellow opposition MPs during a joint press conference following their 'Tiranga March', in New Delhi, Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan Varma | Opp. needs a pivot, but Congress a spent force

Nitish Kumar and Sharad Pawar are right when they say that no Opposition front is possible without the Congress

30 Apr 2023 12:15 AM

Shikha Mukerjee | India’s political topography starts to look a bit different

Standing together in solidarity against the perceived intimidation and coercive tactics of Modi govt is reassuring for all political parties

20 Apr 2023 12:05 AM

Dilip Cherian | Bihar IAS body’s silence on release of ‘murderer’ MP irks some babus

Mr Anand was initially handed out a death sentence by a local court, but it was later commuted to life imprisonment by the high court

02 Feb 2023 12:05 AM

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar stood his ground maintaining that prohibition was not his personal wish but a response to the cries of the women of the state. (Photo: PTI)

'Jo piyega woh marega': Bihar CM after hooch tragedy toll rises

CM Nitish stood his ground maintaining that prohibition was not his personal wish but a response to the cries of the women of the state

15 Dec 2022 9:59 PM

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav at a function. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Dust settles in Bihar, but testing times loom ahead

Mahagathbandhan is an alliance of 7 parties with a strength of 164 in a House of 243 and the Nitish ministry passed the test with 160 votes

26 Aug 2022 12:12 AM

Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar with Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav interacts with the media after meeting Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Nitish’s Bihar ‘coup’ to set off tremors across India

Nitish Kumar is the last of the politically active and physically robust survivors of the Mandal versus Kamandal war of the 1990s

12 Aug 2022 12:15 AM

AA Edit | BJP to feel the heat of Nitish’s coup in 2024

It is the BJP’s expansionist tendency that has fed dissatisfaction with the party’s traditional allies

11 Aug 2022 12:00 AM

Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar. (Photo: PTI/File)

Nitish govt writes to NITI Aayog, seeks spl status for Bihar

The demand for special category status gained currency after the creation of Jharkhand in 2000

12 Dec 2021 2:01 PM

It’s not fully depleted, but it’s hard to escape the feeling that solving the problems of 2020 and 2021 will require something special which at the moment is not on view. (AFP)

Aakar Patel | Does Modi govt know what to do to tackle 2020 & 2021 problems?

The most significant aspects of this period were the nationwide lockdown

10 Aug 2021 2:07 AM

It is now two months since Prime Minister Narendra Modi reshuffled his council of ministers but the appointment of former bureaucrat/entrepreneur-turned-politician Ashwini Vaishnaw continues to be a talking point in the Capital’s political circles. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Talks with Didi costly for Cong seniors; Kailash falls from grace

Once a favourite of home minister Amit Shah, BJP’s national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya appears to have fallen from grace

08 Aug 2021 2:47 AM

LJP leaders who joined the JD(U) on Thursday were led by senior leader Keshav Singh who was expelled from the LJP for revolting against Mr Paswan. — PTI

Political crisis in Chirag Paswan’s LJP

Over 208 LJP members join the ruling JD(U) on Thursday

19 Feb 2021 8:30 AM

There are already ways to curb any overt misuse of social media by raising the issue with those who provide these platforms like Twitter, Facebook and others. (Photo | Pixabay - PixelKult)

AA Edit | Bihar cops overstep limits

The Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar, has not helped matters either by talking up against criticism of the government on social media

27 Jan 2021 8:28 AM

“I had no desire to become the chief minister. I accepted the offer due to the pressure, but I had earlier said the BJP could make its chief minister as the people’s mandate was clear”, Nitish Kumar said (Image:PTI)

Nitish: Accepted CM post due to BJP pressure

The development in Arunachal Pradesh will not affect the NDA in Bihar: Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi

29 Dec 2020 4:33 AM

Janata Dal (United) President and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar arrives at party office, in Patna, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. (PTI)

Anand K Sahay | BJP’s hopes for its own CM in Patna get dashed

Bihar is the only state in north India, besides Jammu and Kashmir (now a UT) and Punjab, where the BJP has not had its own chief minister

19 Nov 2020 5:50 PM

Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal United National President Nitish Kumar receives greetings from his supporters at the party office, in Patna. (PTI)

Nitish unanimously elected as leader of NDA in Bihar; to return as CM

Kumar is expected to meet Governor Phagu Chauhan staking claim for formation of the new government and is likely to take oath on Monday

15 Nov 2020 3:30 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) President Nitish Kumar during an election rally, in Sasaram. (PTI)

Anand K Sahay | Far & Near

Will the BJP use Nitish to get own CM in Patna?

26 Oct 2020 11:27 AM

Sans Lalu Yadav, RJD in big trouble as 5 of its MLCs switch to JD(U)

In another blow, its national vice-president Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has sent a letter offering to step down from the post.

24 Jun 2020 3:51 AM

Amit Shah addresses Bihar Jan Samvad rally via video conferncing at the party headqaurters in New Delhi. PTI photo

Amit Shah kickstarts BJP virtual rally Bihar Jan Samvad

Bihar has moved from the lantern raj to LED raj under the leadership of Nitish Kumar

08 Jun 2020 1:58 AM

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