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Patna : Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will on July 22, 2017, attend a dinner being hosted by PM Narendra Modi in honour of outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee in Delhi. He will be probably the only chief minister of an opposition ruled state to attend the dinner.
A senior JD(U) leader confirmed that Nitish will be attending the farewell dinner being hosted by PM Modi in honour of outgoing president Pranab Mukherjee. He will also be present when President elect Ram Nath Kovind takes oath as the 14th President of India on July 25. Nitish had also also attended a dinner hosted by PM Modi in honour of visting Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth on May 27, 2017. The JD (U) leader said that Nitish had supported Pranab Mukherjee in 2012 presidential poll though he was in the NDA at that time.