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Nitish to skip opposition meet on VP pick

Mon 10 Jul 2017, 12:54:47
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar cancelled today's public interface event and the subsequent press conference on health grounds, triggering speculation that he is intended to skip the big meet of opposition on Vice President pick. It is also speculated that he is avoiding the media in view of the recent CBI raids on the family of alliance partner Lalu Prasad.

Neither Kumar, nor his party, the JD(U), has commented so far on Friday's CBI raids in four cities in connection with a corruption case, in which Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi are among the accused."The Lok Samvad programme, which was scheduled for tomorrow, stands cancelled due to an indisposition of Chief Minister Nitish



Kumar," said an official release.

It said the JD(U) chief was down with fever.

Lok Samvad is a public interface programme of Kumar held every Monday. It is aimed at collecting the feedback of the people on the implementation of the development schemes and gather new ideas to strengthen 'sushasan' (good governance).After the Lok Samvad programme, the chief minister holds a press conference.

While Kumar has maintained a studied silence on the issue of raids on Lalu's family, another ally Congress has expressed solidarity with the RJD chief and accused the central BJP government of "misusing" the official machinery.



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