Bihar CM Nitish Kumar receives Rs 5 crore for flood relief

Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday accepted a cheque for Rs 5 crore from the Gujarat government for flood relief, bringing back the memories of 2010 when he had returned a donation from the then chief minister Narendra Modi, creating a deep divide between the two leaders.

Mr Kumar had also cancelled a dinner for top BJP leaders, who were in the Bihar capital for a meeting of the party’s national executive, as he felt slighted by posters that were plastered across the city thanking Modi for the assistance. The posters showed Mr Modi and him together. Today, when Kumar is back in the NDA after a hiatus of little over four year, Gujarat revenue, education and parliamentary affairs minister 

Bhupendrasinh Chudasama handed over the cheque to him for relief work in the flood-ravaged state. Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi accompanied the Gujarat minister to Kumar’s where the cheque was handed over to him.