Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Bihar since 2015, having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and briefly in 2000. LIVE updates on Nitish Kumar's resignation as Bihar CM on March 30. Who will be the new CM?

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Is Samrat Choudhary the frontrunner? Get the latest on the BJP-JD(U) transition and the next government. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to move to the Rajya Sabha and his son Nishant Kumar take over as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state. The next Chief Minister who will step into ...

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