Bihar CM Manjhi arrives in Delhi

February 07, 2015 22:27

A defiant Bihar Chief MinisterJitan Ram Manjhi, who refused to step down after the ruling Janata Dal-United elected Nitish Kumar as the legislature party leader, flew in to Delhi from Patna to attend the NITI Aayog meet tomorrow.

Manjhi said he will attend the meeting where PrimeMinister Narendra Modi will seek views of chief ministers and Lt governors on Budget 2015-16, flagship schemes and infrastructure projects like rail and roads to put the economy on high growth trajectory.

The rebel CM could be looking at wooing BJP in a bid to stay in power. There was no official word on whether he would separately meet the PM and BJP leaders.

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