TIL Desk/National/Patna/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi today shared the stage with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the first time after the the Janata Dal-United returned to the National Democratic Alliance fold. Modi attended the centenary celebrations of the Patna University along with Kumar.
“It is a day of great honour that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is present for Patna University’s centenary celebrations,” Kumar said addressing the gathering.
Earlier, the prime minister was welcomed by Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik and the chief minister among others at the Patna airport from where he drove straight to the Patna Science College campus. He will also launch development projects worth over Rs 3,700 crore during his visit.
This is the prime minister’s first full-fledged official tour to the state since the BJP became a part of the ruling coalition in Bihar in July this year after Kumar-led JD-U snapped its alliance with Lalu Prasad’s RJD and the Congress. In August, Modi along with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had made an aerial survey of the flood-hit districts of Bihar.
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