Launch campaign against dowry and child marriage, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar asks people

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar called upon the people to launch campaign against social evils especially against dowry and child marriage.

Addressing the martyrdom function of Veer Kunwar Singh here on Wednesday, he said Bihar had been the main centre of every revolution in the past and now people of the state would launch movement against social evils as they had successfully done it against liquor.

"It will be not enough to remember the sacrifices of great people on their birth and death anniversaries but we have to follow and act on their thoughts and ideologies", he said.

JD(U) state president Vashisht Narayan Singh, Industry Minister Jai Kumar Singh, MLA Shyam Rajak and several other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

The Veer Kunwar Singh Committee also passed four resolutions that included Bharat Ratna for Veer Kunwar Singh, formation of National Upper Caste Commission (Rashtriya Swavarna Ayog) and national monument status for Jagdishpur fort.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Chhath Puja articles distributed

Badshah Agarbatti makers organised Chhath Puja articles distribution function in Patna on November 5, 2016. Janata Dal (United) state president Vashisht Narayan Singh and MLA Shyam Rajak gave away the Chhath Puja articles to devotees.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

JD(U) district presidents hold meeting

A meeting of Janata Dal (United) district presidents was held at CM's residence in Patna on February 6, 2016. JD(U) state president Vashisht Narayan Singh presided over the meeting.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

DNA test samples van flagged off

JD(U) state president Vashisht Narayan Singh flagged off a van laden with DNA test samples of Bihar people for Delhi from Patna on September 5, 2015.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui 

Lalu, Vashisht Narayan Singh hold talks

RJD chief Lalu Prasad had talks with JD(U) Bihar unit president Vashisht Narayan Singh during a Chura-Dahi party that was organised on the occasion of Makar Sankranti in Patna on January 14, 2015.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Stage set for Makar Sankranti party

JD(U) Bihar chief Vashisht Narayan Singh inspected preparations for his party's Makar Sankranti fest at New Patna Club in Patna on January 13, 2015.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Nitish Kumar addresses Bihar JD(U) working committee meeting

Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addressed the working committee meeting of the Bihar unit of the Janata Dal (United) in Patna on January 4, 2015. JD(U) state president Vashisht Narayan Singh also addressed the meeting.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Political Advisory Committee meeting of JD(U) held in Patna

Political Advisory Committee meeting of the ruling Janata Dal (United) was held in Patna on January 3, 2015. Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, JD(U) state president Vashisht Narayan Singh and several top leaders of the party participated in the meeting. Later, talking to reporters Nitish Kumar criticised Narendra Modi Government for setting up Niti Aayog replacing existing Planning Commission.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

JD(U), RJD and Congress to fight Bihar Assembly bypolls unitedly

Janata Dal United (JD-U), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress made an alliance in Bihar to fight 10 Assembly seats in the byelections to be held on August 21. This was officially disclosed by state presidents of JD(U) Vashisht Narayan Singh, RJD state president Ram Chandra Purbe and Bihar Congress chief Ashok Choudhary at a Press conference in Patna on July 30, 2014.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Jitan Ram Manjhi is new Chief Minister of Bihar

Taking up the moral responsibility for his party JD(U) recent Lok Sabha elections debacle, Nitish Kumar quit as Chief Minister of Bihar and nominated his party's Makhdumpur (Jehanabad) MLA Jitan Ram Manjhi as the new Chief Minister of Bihar in Patna on May 19, 2014. Kumar was given the right to choose his successor by the JD(U) legislature party earlier in a meeting. Kumar along with Jitan Ram Manjhi, JD(U) national president Sharad Yadav and JD(U) state president Vashisht Narayan Singh met Bihar Governor Dr DY Patil and staked the claim to form the next government in the state.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

RJD leader Sitaram Das joins JD(U)

RJD leader from Madhubani Sitaram Das and a LJP leader from Siwan joined JD(U) in presence of JD(U) state president Vashisht Narayan Singh in Patna on March 27, 2014.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Yuva JD(U) Rath flagged off

JD(U) state president Vashisht Narayan Singh flagged off Yuva Janata Dal (United) Rath (van) from Patna on February 9, 2014.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

JD(U) celebrates Republic Day

Janata Dal (United) state unit president Vashisht Narayan Singh unfurled the national flag at JD(U) state office in Patna on January 26, 2014.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

JD(U) Bihar unit president Vashisht Narayan Singh turns 65

The 65th birthday of JD(U) Bihar unit president Vashisht Narayan Singh was celebrated in Patna on April 27, 2013.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

JD(U) state president Vashisht Narayan Singh holds review meeting

Janata Dal (United) state president Vashisht Narayan Singh presided over a review meeting with all the district presidents of his party in Patna on December 24, 2011.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui 

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar felicitates Vashisht Narayan Singh

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar felicitates JD(U) state president Vashisht Narayan Singh after his return from New Delhi where he led the signature campaign demanding a special state status to Bihar, in Patna on July 18, 2011.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Bihar JD (U) chief Vashisht Narayan Singh felicitated

Youth Cell of Janata Dal (United) organised a function to felicitate Bihar JD (U) president Vashisht Narayan Singh in Patna on December 23, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui