Nitish pays homage to his mother

PATNA: CM Nitish Kumar, along with members of his family, on Sunday paid homage to his mother Parmeshwari Devi on the campus of Kaviraj Ramlakhan Singh Smriti Vatika, constructed in the memory of his father at his native village Kalyan Bigaha, and also planted sapling of mango on the campus that would yield four types of mango fruits.
The CM garlanded the statue of his mother, his father Kaviraj Ramlakhan Singh and wife Manju Sinha.The occasion was the first death anniversary of his mother. Among those who garlanded the statue of Parmeshwari Devi were his family members -- elder brother Satish Kumar, son Nishant Kumar, sisters Usha Devi, Prabha Devi, Indu Devi, and several others belonging to his extended family.
Nitish was accompanied by MP Ramchandra Prasad Singh, food and consumer protection minister Shyam Rajak, MLAs Sunil Kumar and Usha Sinha, Waqf Board chairman Irshadullah, MLCs Sanjay Kumar Singh and Shiv Prasanna Yadav, and CM's friend Uday Kant Mishra, among several others. They also garlanded the statues concerned. Patna DM Sanjay Kumar, SSP Alok Kumar, Nalanda SP Sanjay Agrawal and SP Jitendra Rana, along with several eminent people, were also present on the occasion.
Interestingly, the mango sapling planted, once it grows into a full-grown tree, would yield 'amrapali', 'jardalu', 'maldah' and 'sipiya' variety of the fruit. This variety of mango sapling, if planted by farmers, would prove to be highly beneficial for them.