Vote for Anant's wife, Nitish Kumar urges Mokama people

PATNA: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday urged voters of Mokama assembly constituency to support Neelam Devi, the RJD candidate and wife of his former protégé Anant Kumar Singh whose disqualification has necessitated the by-poll. Kumar made the appeal in a video message, barely a minute and a half long, which came in the backdrop of speculations fuelled by his inability to take part in the campaign on account of injuries sustained in a mishap two weeks ago.

In his appeal, Kumar reminded the voters of Mokama of his own old association with the assembly segment, which fell under the now abolished LS segment of Barh he had represented five times. “I was scheduled to visit Mokama along with deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav but could not because of health reasons”, said Kumar.