Nitish invites PM for oath ceremony on November 20

Nitish invites PM for oath ceremony on November 20

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 08:48 PM IST
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Patna : Bihar Chief Minister designate Nitish Kumar today extended an invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the oath-taking ceremony of his new government on Friday.

Kumar talked to the PM over telephone and extended his invitation for the oath function at Gandhi Maidan at 2 pm on November 20, sources in the Chief Minister’s office said.

With the four-day Chhath festival ending this morning, Kumar telephoned prominent leaders personally to invite them for the swearing-in ceremony of the new government.

Bihar JD(U) President Basistha Narayan Singh said inviting the prime minister was a political etiquette and it was now on him whether to come or not.

On being asked about the invitation, Bihar BJP vice-president Sanjay Mayukh told PTI that the PM, due to his “prior fixed programmes”, might not be able to attend the ceremony.

He said Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu and Minister of State (Independent Charge) Rajiv Pratap Rudy would represent the Union government at the swearing-in function.

The PM had congratulated Kumar on the day of the poll results on November 8 over the Grand Alliance’s massive victory in Bihar.

Sources in the CMO said Kumar had also telephoned Union Home minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and other central ministers and invited them for the oath-taking ceremony.

State Congress President Ashok Choudhary told PTI that party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, in all likelihood, would attend the swearing-in function. — PTI

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