Visit Bihar first, Nitish tells Pranab

July 09, 2012 18:39

UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee should consider visiting Bihar first after assuming office, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today. "Mukherjee should consider a visit to Bihar - the land of the country's first president Dr Rajendra Prasad- as his first tour after assuming the office of the President," he told reporters here. On whether Mukherjee would visit the state to seek his support in the presidential poll scheduled for later this month, Kumar said he need not do so as his party JD(U) has already committed to supporting him.

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