Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will not be attending the Niti Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, officials said.
The state will be represented at the meeting by deputy chief ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, they said.
The exact cause for Kumar’s absence from the crucial meeting could not be known immediately.
“This is not the first time that the CM is not attending the Nitish Ayog meeting. The CM did not attend the meeting earlier as well, and Bihar was represented by the then deputy CM. This time also both the Dy CMs went to attend the meeting,” JD(U) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar said