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Manjhi in Delhi to attend NITI Aayog meeting
New Delhi, Feb 7
Bihar Chief Minister Jitan
Ram Manjhi reached Delhi Saturday to attend a meeting of the governing
council of the NITI Aayog even as the ruling Janata Dal-United in the
state is grappling with a deep political crisis.
A state
government official told IANS that Manjhi reached Delhi Saturday night
to attend the meeting of the NITI Aayog to be held Sunday.
In the
meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to seek views of
chief ministers on a series of issues including the forthcoming budget
and infrastructure projects.
Manjhi had earlier in the day
recommended dissolution of the state assembly against the view of a
majority of his cabinet colleagues even as his predecessor Nitish Kumar
was elected the legislature party chief, signalling he could be at the
state's helm again.
Bihar minister Narendra Singh, who is
considered close to Manjhi, has said they would take support from the
BJP to run the government if there was such a need.
Modi Saturday met BJP leaders to review the political situation in Bihar.
Sources
said the BJP leadership was carefully weighing its options in Bihar
where it wants to come to power in the assembly polls scheduled later
this year.