Why 'eternal yatri' Nitish Kumar is among his people again
India TodayWith the maximum temperature hovering around 15 degrees Celsius, Bihar is in for a harsh winter spell—“kadakti thandh”, as building construction department minister Ashok Choudhary describes it. Out of Patna’s cocoon, the chief minister is freely mixing with people as his Samadhan Yatra winds its way through districts. It’s the very first week and Nitish has gotten busy—from inspecting a rural residential school in Sitamarhi to walking the village streets to accept petitions and complaints from jostling, attention-seeking crowds, and from launching projects in Sheohar to meeting women self-help groups in West Champaran. While ally RJD may have started thinking about Tejashwi eventually succeeding Nitish as chief minister, opponent BJP is striking a belligerent note. Political watchers say the yatra will not only help assess the administration’s performance but may As is tradition, Nitish began his yatra from Champaran, the land of the historic satyagraha launched by Mahatma Gandhi against the British 105 years ago.