Mahila Brigade's Meet

Mahila Brigade organised its state-level convention in Patna on July 30, 2009.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Jaypee Cement's stockists' meet

Jaypee Cement's Advisor (Marketing Coordinator) BPS Kwatra addresses stockists' meet in Patna on July 30, 2009. About 50 stockists from all over Bihar have attended the meeting.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Fernandes files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha seat as JD(U) candidate

Top: Former union minister and veteran socialist leader George Fernandes comes out of Bihar Assembly after filing his nomination papers as the ruling JD(U) nominee for the by-election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Bihar in Patna on July 30, 2009.

Bottom: Fernandes files the nomination papers.

Accompanied by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Fernandes submitted four sets of papers to contest the by-election. The seat was vacated by JD(U) president Sharad Yadav after he got elected in the Lok Sabha polls in Madhepura.

Several NDA leaders, including Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, his ministerial colleagues Narendra Singh, Ashwini Choubey, Prem Kumar, Devesh Chandra Thakur, JD(U)chief whip Shravan Kumar were present when Fernandes submitted the papers to the state assembly secretary-cum-Returning Officer Surendra Prasad Sharma.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

A life-long experience

Students who witnessed the procedings of Bihar Assembly on the last day of the monsoon session pose for group photograph with Bihar Vidhan Sabha speaker Uday Narain Choudhary and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi in Patna on July 30, 2009.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui