Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Finds Top Ministers Absent During Surprise Visit To Govt Offices

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar paid a surprise visit to the offices of several top ministers of the Bihar government on Tuesday and found them absent from their chambers. He expressed his unhappiness at the state of attendance and ordered all ministers and government officials to reach their respective offices by 9.30 am.

The chief minister inspected the offices of Education, Health, Industry, Agriculture, Sugarcane Industries, Excise & Registration departments at Vikas Bhavan (New Secretariat) and Visvesvaraya Bhawan (technical secretariat), located on Bailey Road in the state capital.

He also spoke to some of the absent ministers over the phone and asked them the reason for not reaching the office on time. The ministers who were not present in their chambers included: Chandra Shekhar (Education), Alok Kumar Mehta (Sugarcane Industries minister), Samir Kumar Mahaseth (Industries), Sheela Kumari (Transport) and Kumar Sarvjeet (Agriculture).

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"I want all officers to reach their respective offices by 9.30 am. Those who are found absent during my inspection, are immediately asked the reason for the absence", CM Nitish Kumar said after inspecting the offices of several departments at Visvesvaraya Bhawan.

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The chief minister said he would visit government offices on a regular basis and check the presence of officials. He said he had decided to visit his office at the main secretariat three days a week and his office at the CM secretariat two days a week. He had earlier inspected the main secretariat on September 20 and expressed his displeasure over the absence of officers and employees.