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For the archetypal clip successful 20 years of his tenure arsenic Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar did not crook up astatine Patna’s Gandhi Maidan wherever a ample fig of radical gathered to connection namaz on the juncture of Id.
Mr. Kumar has ne'er fixed a miss to the wide prayers wherever much than 20,000 radical stitchery astatine the crushed each twelvemonth for the festival. The determination is being correlated with the changing governmental script successful Bihar and Mr. Kumar making an exit from State authorities aft being elected to the Rajya Sabha.
Son successful the limelight
He deputed his lad Nishant Kumar, who joined the Janata Dal (United) recently, to sojourn the spot and interact with the radical celebrating the festival.
Earlier successful the day, Mr. Nitish Kumar posted a connection connected societal media level X successful which helium congratulated the Muslim community. “Heartfelt congratulations and champion wishes to the radical of the State and the country, and particularly to our Muslim brothers and sisters, connected the juncture of Eid. May God ablution his blessings upon america connected this auspicious day, and whitethorn happiness, peace, and prosperity prevail successful the State,” the Chief Minister said successful the post.
Sources successful the enactment said that it was a governmental determination to enactment his lad successful the limelight to mingle with the Muslim assemblage who had gathered successful ample numbers astatine the ground.
Since helium formed the authorities with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), leaving the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress successful 2022, respective Muslim leaders had expressed their disenchantment with Mr. Kumar. When the Janata Dal (United) supported the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which is present an Act, respective Muslim leaders of the enactment had resigned successful protest.
‘Regaining mislaid trust’
“It is simply a well-thought-out strategy to regain the mislaid spot among the Muslims. He enactment his lad successful beforehand who volition beryllium starring the enactment successful the days to travel aft Nitish ji volition displacement to Delhi. He besides gave an accidental to his lad truthful that the contented helium has been pursuing for 2 decades indispensable continue,” said a elder JD(U) leader.
Except Gandhi Maidan, Mr. Nitish Kumar visited large mosques and dargahs connected the juncture similar the Khanqah-e-Mujibiya successful Phulwari Sharif, wherever helium met spiritual caput Hazrat Syed Shah Ayatullah Qadri, sought his blessings, and besides extended his greetings for Id.
Thereafter, helium went to the Khanqah-e-Munemia, located astatine Mittan Ghat successful Patna city, followed by Khanqah Bargah-e-Ishq astatine Takia Sharif, Mittan Ghat.
Mr. Nishant Kumar, who carried guardant his father’s contented by attending the wide prayers successful Gandhi Maidan, received a lukewarm invited astatine the crushed portion being accompanied by Minister Ashok Choudhary. “I widen heartiest Id greetings to the radical of Bihar and the state connected behalf of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar,” helium told journalists covering the event.
Security unit who usually escort the Chief Minister were seen deployed astir him astatine the ground. After the event, helium drove consecutive to the residence of JD(U) person and Union Minister Rajeev Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh wherever helium held a closed-door gathering with him.
