Nitish places flowerpot on babu's head
The Morning Standard
|May 27, 2025
BIHAR CM Nitish Kumar raised eyebrows on Monday when he placed a flowerpot on the head of a senior IAS officer during a programme at Patna's LN Mishra Institute.
What was supposed to be an ordinary session in which Nitish would simply hand over appointment letters to newly recruited faculty members has sparked a political row. The incident happened when Additional Chief Secretary (Education) S Siddharth presented the CM with
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