Bihar elections 2025: “ Main loudspeaker nahin hoon, kaam karne wala hoon ( I am not a loudspeaker, I am someone who believes in doing work),” Nitish Kumar’s voice echoed in the crowd in early 2000s, the years which were going to define him as the chief minister of a politically important state of the country – Bihar.

Janata Dal (United) leader and Bihar CM, Nitish Kumar is the man who has managed to steer the politics of Bihar around him in every election in the past over 20 years. He took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar on November 24, 2005 and since then, his journey at the top post in the state continued, with a brief halt of 9 months from May 2014 to Feb 2015.

Often targeted by the opposition as ‘paltu ram (frequent turncoat)’, Nitish Kumar has held his ground and vote bank

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