A close ally of Laloo Yadav for many years, Nitish Kumar, railway minister in the Vajpayee goverment, his career shot up after he dumped Laloo for George Fernandes.
The meticulous Railway Minister whose tussle with the Trinamool Congress Chief Mamta Banerjee has always kept him in forefront once again shocked everybody as he declared his enormous assets as per the condition laid down by the Election Commission.
Constituency Nalanda (Bihar)
Bank Balance, Property & Investments Deposits worth Rs 7,000; two houses in Nalanda worth Rs 10 lakh, one house in Delhi worth Rs 12 lakh; Maruti 800 (Deluxe).