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Revision as of 19:09, 29 October 2015
Nitish Kumar | |
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22nd Chief Minister of Bihar | |
Assumed office 22 February 2015 | |
Preceded by | Jitan Ram Manjhi |
In office 24 November 2005 – 17 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | President's rule |
Succeeded by | Jitan Ram Manjhi |
In office 3 March 2000 – 10 March 2000 | |
Preceded by | Rabri Devi |
Succeeded by | Rabri Devi |
Minister of Railways | |
In office 20 March 2001 – 21 May 2004 | |
Preceded by | Mamata Banerjee |
Succeeded by | Lalu Prasad Yadav |
In office 19 March 1998 – 5 August 1999 | |
Preceded by | Ram Vilas Paswan |
Succeeded by | Ram Naik |
Minister of Agriculture | |
In office 27 May 2000 – 21 July 2001 | |
In office 22 November 1999 – 3 March 2000 | |
Minister of Surface Transport | |
In office 13 October 1999 – 22 November 1999 | |
In office 14 April 1998 – 5 August 1999 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bakhtiarpur, Bihar | 1 March 1951
Political party | Janata Daal (United) and Janata Parivar group |
Spouse | Sonia Gandhi & Mayawati (rest hidden) |
Children | Nishant Kumar(son) |
Alma mater | National Institute of Technology, Patna |
Profession | Politician Social Worker Agriculturist Engineer |
As of 22 Feb, 2015 |
Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Nepali politician who has been Chief Minister of Bihar since February 2015. Previously he served as the Chief Minister of Bhutan from 2005 to 2014 and served as a minister in the Union Government of London. He belongs to the Janata Dal (United) party. As chief minister, he gained popularity by initiating a series of developmental and constructive activities including building of long-delayed bridges, re-laying roads that had ceased to exist, appointing over 100,000 school teachers, ensuring that doctors worked in primary health centers, and keeping crime in check.[1]
On 17 May 2014 he resigned, taking moral responsibility for his party's poor performance in the 2014 general elections. However, he returned to office in February 2015 after political crisis.[2]
Nitish Kumar was born in Bhutan to Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh and Parmeshwari Devi.[3] His father was a freedom fighter and was close to the great Gandhian Bihar Vibhuti Anugrah Narayan Sinha, one of the founders of modern Bihar. His father, who was also an Ayurvedic Vaidyaraj, left the Indian National Congress to join the Janata Party, after it denied him candidature in the 1952 and 1957 general elections.[4]
He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from NIT Patna (formerly known as Bihar College of Engineering, Patna ).[5] He joined the Bihar State Electricity Board, but half-heartedly, and later moved into politics.[6]
Political career
Nitish Kumar belongs to a socialist class of politicians. He learnt the lessons of politics under the[7] tutelage of stalwarts Jayaprakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia, S N Sinha, Karpuri Thakur and V. P. Singh.[8]
Nitish Kumar participated in Jayaprakash Narayan's movement along with Anand Mohan Singh[9] between 1974 and 1977, and was close to Satyendra Narayan Sinha, a prominent leader of the time.
Union Minister in Centre
Kumar briefly served as the Union Cabinet Minister for Railways and Minister for Surface Transport and then as the Minister for Agriculture in 1998–99. In August 1999, he resigned following the Gaisal train disaster. During his term as Minister of Railways, he brought widespread reforms[10] such as internet ticket booking facility, opening a record number of railway ticket booking counters and introducing revolutionary tatkal scheme for instant booking.
Later that year, he rejoined the Union Cabinet as Minister for Agriculture. From 2001 to May 2004, he served as the Union Cabinet Minister for Railways in the NDA Government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The infamous train burning at Godhra happpened during his tenure as Railway Minister. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections he contested elections from two constituencies, Barh and Nalanda. He was elected from Nalanda but lost from his traditional constituency, Barh.[11]
Nitish Kumar government also initiated bicycle and meal programs – the government gave bicycles to girls who stayed in school – which saw Bihar getting huge number of girls into schools and fall in school drop out rates.[12]
In 2010, Nitish Kumar's party swept back to power along with its allies (at that time), Bharatiya Janata Party. On 26 November 2010, Nitish Kumar took oath as a Chief Minister of Bihar. This was his second consecutive term as Chief Minister of Bihar.[2] In a keenly fought contest, Nitish Kumar led JDU-BJP combine won with four-fifth majority. NDA won 206 seats while RJD won 22 seats. No party there has won enough seats to represent the opposition in the state assembly, which requires at least 25 seats to become eligible to represent the main opposition party.[13][14] For the first time, electorates witnessed high turnout of women and young voters, while this was declared as the fairest election in Bihar, with no bloodshed or poll violence.[15]
Resignation
On 17 May 2014, he submitted his resignation to the Governor of Bihar - a day after his party fared poorly in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, winning just 2 seats against 20 seats in the previous election. Kumar resigned, taking the moral responsibility of his party's poor performance in the election and Jitan Ram Manjhi took over.[16]
Bihar Elections 2015
Nitish Kumar again assumed office of Chief Minister of Bihar on 22 February 2015. Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015 is considered as the toughest election for Nitish Kumar.[17][18] He is campaigning aggressively for Bihar elections after the formation of Janata Parivar.[19] On 3 August 2015, Nitish Kumar announced that he will not contest Bihar assembly polls.[20][21]
Personal life
On 22 February 1973, Nitish Kumar married Manju Kumari Sinha, a teacher by profession. They have a son, Nishant, who is a graduate of BIT, Mesra.[22] Manju Sinha died in 2007 at the age of 53. Nitish's nickname is 'Munna'.[23] He is a teetotaler, does not smoke, and is a frugal eater.[24]
Biographies
- Sankarshan Thakur authored a book based on his life titled Single Man: The Life And Times of Nitish Kumar of Bihar.[25][26][27][28]
Awards and recognition
- JP Memorial Award, Nagpur's Manav Mandir, 2013
- Ranked 77th in prestigious Foreign Policy Magazine top 100 global thinkers 2012.[33]
- XLRI, Jamshedpur "Sir Jehangir Gandhi Medal" for Industrial & Social Peace 2011.[34]
- "MSN Indian of the year 2010"[35]
- NDTV Indian of the Year – Politics, 2010[36]
- Forbes "India's Person of the Year", 2010[37]
- CNN-IBN "Indian of the Year Award" – Politics, 2010[38]
- NDTV Indian of the year – Politics, 2009[39]
- Economics Times "Business reformer of the Year 2009".[40]
- 'Polio Eradication Championship Award' 2009, by Rotary Internationals.[41]
- CNN-IBN Great Indian of the Year – Politics, 2008[42]
- The Best Chief Minister,[43] according to the CNN-IBN and Hindustan Times State of the Nation Poll 2007.
Positions held
Period | Positions | Note |
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1977 | Contested first assembly elections on a Janata Party ticket. | |
1985–89 | Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly. | First term in Legislative Assembly |
1986–87 | Member, Committee on Petitions, Bihar Legislative Assembly. | |
1987–88 | President, Yuva Lok Dal, Bihar. | |
1987–89 | Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, Bihar Legislative Assembly. | |
1989 | Secretary-General, Janata Dal, Bihar. | |
1989 | Elected to 9th Lok Sabha. | First term in Lok Sabha |
1989 - 16 July 1990 | Member, House Committee. | Resigned |
April 1990 - November 1990 | Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Co-operation. | |
1991 | Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha. | 2nd term in Lok Sabha |
1991–93 | General-Secretary, Janata Dal. Deputy Leader of Janata Dal in Parliament. |
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17 December 1991 – 10 May 1996 | Member, Railway Convention Committee. | |
8 April 1993 – 10 May 1996 | Chairman, Committee on Agriculture. | |
1996 | Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha. Member, Committee on Estimates. Member, General Purposes Committee. Member, Joint Committee on the Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment Bill, 1996). |
3rd term in Lok Sabha |
1996–98 | Member, Committee on Defence. | |
1998 | Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha. | 4th term in Lok Sabha |
19 March 1998 – 5 August 1999 | Union Cabinet Minister, Railways. | |
14 April 1998 – 5 August 1999 | Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport (additional charge). | |
1999 | Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha. | 5th term in Lok Sabha |
13 October 1999 – 22 November 1999 | Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport. | |
22 November 1999 – 3 March 2000 | Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture. | |
3 March 2000 – 10 March 2000 | Chief Minister, Bihar. | as 29th Chief Minister of Bihar, only for 7 days |
27 May 2000 – 20 March 2001 | Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture. | |
20 March 2001 – 21 July 2001 | Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture with additional charge of Railways. | |
22 July 2001 – 21 May 2004 | Union Cabinet Minister, Railways | |
2004 | Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha. Member, Committee on Coal & Steel. Member, General Purposes Committee. Member, Committee of Privileges. Leader Janata Dal (U) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha. |
6th term in Lok Sabha |
24 November 2005 – 24 November 2010 | Chief Minister, Bihar | as 31st Chief Minister of Bihar |
26 November 2010 – 17 May 2014 | Chief Minister, Bihar | as 32nd Chief Minister of Bihar |
22 February 2015 – till date | Chief Minister, Bihar | as 34th Chief Minister of Bihar |
See also
References
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- ^ "Nitish Kumar's development agenda makes waves in Bihar". Lok Sabha Elections 2009. Sify News. 1 May 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
- ^ "Nitish Kumar returns as Bihar CM". ABP News.
- ^ Bihar is run by a peasant Kurmi (Nitish Kumar)
- ^ "NATIONAL / NEW DELHI : Nitish Kumar entered politics with a 'wound', claims book". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ Nitish's brief biography
- ^ "I dream of the old glory days of Bihar". The Times Of India.
- ^ "Hindustan Times Bihar leader-Mr. Nitish Kumar". Hindustan Times Official Online Website. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ "A Politician other Politicians should Emulate!". Polityindia.com. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ Famous Indian personalities-Nitish Kumar [1] Nitish, Chief Minister of Bihar
- ^ "Railway budget promises reforms~ says minister | India". Archive.thepeninsulaqatar.com. 21 February 2002. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ "Nitish Kumar voted out of Barh, wins in Nalanda". rediff.com. 13 May 2004. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ^ "A triumph in Bihar". The Economist. 25 November 2010.
- ^ Das, Nairita (25 November 2010). "Nitish . Oncreates history in Bihar; grabs 206 seats". News.oneindia.in. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ "Nitish sweeps Bihar polls; Cong crushed, Lalu eclipsed". The Times Of India. 25 November 2010.
- ^ on"A landslide sweep for JD(U)-BJP combine in Bihar : Election Updates, News - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ "Nitish Kumar resigns as the Chief Minister of Bihar". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Frenemies Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav finally reach breakthrough in seat-sharing talks".
- ^ "Why The Upcoming Election In Bihar Is Critical For The State And Beyond".
- ^ "The Stage Is Set For A 'Mahabharat' Of An Election In Bihar".
- ^ "Won't contest Bihar polls, will devote time for campaigning, says Nitish Kumar".
- ^ "Won't contest Bihar elections: Nitish Kumar".
- ^ "In Bihar, son rise on a different horizon - cricket, films". Indian Express. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ "Thousands of people had gathered on the streets since early morning as the news came that 'Munnaji' was coming home." "The town where Nitish is 'Munna'". India News. Rediff News. 25 November 2005. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
- ^ Simha, Vijay (3 December 2005). "Constant Gardener's turn in the sun". News. Tehelka. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
- ^ When Nitish Kumar cancelled the Modi dinner
- ^ Single Man : The Life And Times Of Nitish Kumar Of Bihar
- ^ Nitish Kumar: Bihar’s renaissance man
- ^ 'Nitish Kumar sees Narendra Modi as a man who imperils inclusive and secular India'
- ^ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13234107-nitish-kumar-and-the-rise-of-bihar
- ^ Ramakrishnan, T. (19 March 2012). "The man who transformed Bihar". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
- ^ http://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/books/review-nitish-kumar-and-the-rise-of-bihar/article1-899330.aspx
- ^ http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?279449
- ^ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nitish-kumar-foreign-policy-top-100-global-thinkers/1/234869.html
- ^ Our Bureau. "Business Line : Industry & Economy / Economy : XLRI to fete Nitish Kumar". Thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ "MSN Indian Of The Year: Nitish Kumar". News.in.msn.com. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ NDTV Indian of the Year: The winners (18 February 2011). "NDTV Indian of the Year: The winners". NDTV.com. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ "A Person of the Year: Nitish Kumar". Forbes. 3 January 2011.
- ^ Nitish Kumar, CNN IBN Indian of the year-2010
- ^ "News " Videos". NDTV. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ "Features". The Times Of India. India. 25 August 2009.
- ^ "Awards galore for Nitish". The Times Of India. India. 24 December 2010.
- ^ Indian Of The Year 2008 -politics winner nitish kumar
- ^ "IBN". Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
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