Ahead of the National Executive meeting of the Janata Dal (United) held on Saturday, party leaders attended a meeting at the residence of Bihar CM and JD (U) president Nitish Kumar in Delhi earlier today.
Nalanda University's Chancellor Arvind Panagariya expressed gratitude as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new campus of the university on Wednesday and said that he has started working on the direction to increase the number of students and professors in the University.
PM Modi, EAM Dr S Jaishankar, Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlekar, CM Nitish Kumar, Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha and other delegates are present at the new campus of Nalanda University. Ambassadors from 17 countries are also attending the event.
At least 45 Indians were killed in the fire incident, and 31 bodies of victims from Kerala (23), Tamil Nadu (7), and Karnataka (1) were brought via a special aircraft of the Indian Air Force to Kerala's Kochi on Friday.
"It is the demand of the time and situation that Nishant Kumar, the son of CM Nitish Kumar, should come ahead for the benefit of the party and the state," Pram Hans Kumar said.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary launched a scathing attack on former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, accusing him of nepotism and family appeasement within his party, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Sunday said that the Modi government was working to restart 14 sugar mills that were closed in the past.
In a veiled attack on former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called the RJD leader a 'shehzada' equivalent to that of Congress leader in Delhi (Rahul Gandhi) who considers the entire Bihar as his "jagir" (property).
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday slammed RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav for taking credit for providing jobs while sharing power with Kumar between August 2022 and January 2024.
In a post on X, CM Nitish Kumar said, "It is sad that four people died in a fire incident in Rupahatha of Nokha in Sasaram. I pray to God to give strength to the bereaved family to bear the pain in this hour of grief."
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took a dig at former Deputy Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav and said that coalition government of BJP-JD-U has been undertaking the development work in Bihar but former Deputy CM is asking for votes.