CM Nitish : The birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee was celebrated across the country today. On the birth anniversary of late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a state birth anniversary celebration was organized at Patliputra Park, Patna. Governor Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar and Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar paid floral tribute to the statue of late Atal Bihari Vajpayee and paid him emotional tribute.
On this occasion, Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Samrat Chaudhary, Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Vijay Kumar Sinha, Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly Mr. Nand Kishore Yadav, Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mr. Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Revenue and Land Reforms Minister Dr. Dilip Kumar Jaiswal, Health Minister Mr. Mangal Pandey were present., Rural Works Minister Mr. Ashok Chaudhary, Urban Development and Housing Minister Mr. Nitin Naveen, Food and Consumer Protection Minister Mrs. Leshi Singh, MP Mr. Ravishankar Prasad, MLA Mr. Sanjeev Chaurasia, MLA Mr. Sanjay Singh, Legislative Councilor Mrs. Kumud Verma, former Minister Mr. Ramkripal Yadav,Former Minister Mr. Shahnawaz Hussain, former Legislative Councilor Mr. Harendra Pratap Singh, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Dr. S. Siddharth, Secretary to the Chief Minister Mr. Kumar Ravi, former General Secretary of Bihar State Citizens Council Mr. Arvind Kumar Singh,Many dignitaries, social and political workers including former member of Bihar Child Rights Protection Commission, Shri Shivshankar Nishad also paid homage to late Atal Bihari Vajpayee by garlanding his statue. On this occasion, Aarti-Pujan, Bihar songs and patriotic songs were also sung by the artists of the Information and Public Relations Department.