Page 22 - Nitish Kumar

Choice for secularists

Nitish Kumar, over the years, has shown he is the quintessential Indian politician

The mistakes which Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has made

To retain trustworthiness in wake of graft charges against Lalu's family, he should call for polls

The quick and the clueless

Nitish Kumar's action has three important political implications

CM Nitish Kumar reaches Bihar Assembly ahead of 11 am trust vote

Kumar was sworn in as the CM along with BJP's Sushil Kumar Modi as his deputy on Thursday

Nitish Kumar is Bihar CM again; former allies call tie-up with BJP betrayal

Congress V-P Rahul Gandhi also slammed Kumar for shaking hands with the BJP for 'personal gains'

Nitish Kumar returns as Bihar CM for sixth time

Now, as part of NDA govt in the state, faces heat from within his party

Will give befitting reply to Lalu: Nitish after taking oath as Bihar CM

He maintained that his decision to join hands with the BJP was in the state

BJP's knockout punch: Notion of Opposition unity has been discredited

Grand Alliance in tatters in Bihar

Six times in 12 years: Nitish back as CM today after resigning last evening

This is his 2nd innings in last 2 years after he snapped ties late on Wednesday with RJD, Congress

Suspended JD(U) leader accuses Nitish Kumar of double standards

The leader further added the separate meetings of Mahagathbandhan was called as the session is

Nitish Kumar dares BJP to hold simultaneous snap polls in Bihar, UP

He was reacting to the BJP's challenge of holding fresh assembly polls in Bihar

Oppn united on issue of presidential poll, says Nitish Kumar

He also handed over a letter to PM Modi demanding special grants for Bihar

Nitish's dilemma

Kumar must drop Yadav from his Cabinet if he wants to show that he is intolerant of corruption

President poll: Nitish a cheat, will suffer for backing Kovind, says RJD

People of Bihar will never forgive Nitish Kumar: RJD leader

Prez polls: Amid speculation over future, dented coalition in Bihar needs repair

Speculation comes on the back of Nitish mocking Cong over Presidential poll and Lalu's new trouble

Governance becomes causality in Bihar's political squabbling

With uncertainty looming large on the prospects of the Grand Alliance government in Bihar, the governance appears to be the first causality. Many important decisions have been put off or delayed considering the political instability. Even the cabinet meeting was postponed twice and finally took place on Wednesday. "But that was also pretty basic and took care of the small matters like rationalisation of taxes on fertilizers after the implementation of the GST. There is a complete standstill in government offices. Leave alone policy decisions, even the routine working has been halted. Everyone is waiting the fog of instability to be over," said a senior IAS official. One look on the government activities indicates the slowdown. The industries department had decided last month that it would formalise a list of probable start-ups by the first week of July. However, the list is not ready even a month later. Even work on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's "seven resolves" has been stopped as ..

Project Nitish as UPA face to save party, Ramachandra Guha advises Congress

Nitish too is a leader without a family burden but he isn't a megalomaniac like Modi, he said

No compromise with Nitish's zero tolerance policy against corruption: JD(U)

JD(U) to meet amid media speculation that Kumar might announce some tough decision on Tejaswi

Do you have alternative agenda to match Modi govt, Nitish asks Congress

In a thinly veiled dig at the his alliance partner Congress, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asked the opposition parties should present "an alternative agenda" against the Modi government instead of merely harping on their unity. He asked the Congress to take the lead as "a big party in setting an alternative narrative" for the next general election. "Just talking of unity among opposition parties isn't enough," the Chief Minister told the scribes on the sidelines of his weekly Lok Samvad programme, "there must be an agenda against the BJP-led government at the center. This must not be just in reaction to what the BJP says or does, but an alternative narrative. Congress, being the largest party, must lead from the front."He once again rejected the rumors about becoming PM face for opposition in 2019. "We are a small party and very well know the futility of nourishing prime ministerial ambitions. It is seen that the candidate whose name is in circulation never gets to the post," ...

Target 2019: Does Opposition need Nitish Kumar more than he needs them?

To recover lost space within Oppn, JD (U) to take up issues of farmer protests, mob lynchings