Nitish Kumar was briefly, the Union Minister for Railways and Minister for Surface Transport and later, the Minister for Agriculture in 1998--99, in the NDA Government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Nitish Kumar was briefly, the Union Minister for Railways and Minister for Surface Transport and later, the Minister for Agriculture in 1998--99. From 2001 to May 2004, he was the Union Minister for Railways again, in the NDA Government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.