PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar remained conspicuous by his absence at a reception hosted by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan here on the occasion of Republic Day.
Kumar, who had driven to the Gandhi Maidan in the morning on January 26 to attend the Republic Day parade inspected by the governor, did not turn up at the Raj Bhavan, situated right across the road from his house, in the afternoon.
Tongues were set wagging in the political circles about the JD(U) supremo’s inability to attend the reception and also visit a ‘Mahadalit tola’, a ritual followed by the longest-serving CM all through his tenure.
