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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar greets Govrnor Arif Mohammad Khan during the 76th Republic Day celebration, at Gandhi Maidan in Patna on Saturday. State Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary is also seen.
| Photo Credit: ANI
Mr. Kumar, who had driven to the Gandhi Maidan in the morning on Sunday, January 26 to attend the Republic Day parade inspected by the Governor, did not turn up at the Raj Bhavan, situated right across the road from his house, in the afternoon.
Tongues were set wagging in the political circles about the JD(U) supremo’s inability to attend the reception and also visit a ‘Mahadalit tola’, a ritual followed by the longest-serving CM all through his tenure.
A source close to the Chief Minister said Mr. Kumar was “indisposed” and had started feeling run down after the Republic Day parade, where he went despite not being in the pink of health. The Chief Minister is likely to recover after resting for a few days, the source added.
Meanwhile, the department of Cabinet Secretariat came out with a communication stating that the next leg of the state-wide ‘Pragati Yatra’ by the CM, which was to commence from Monday (January 27, 2025), has been “rescheduled because of unavoidable reasons”.
The yatra will now start on January 28.
Published – January 27, 2025 09:55 am IST
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