PATNA: Chief minister Nitish Kumar will interact with the Bihari diaspora in the US through virtual mode on January 16 to share the story of Bihar's triumph and how he scripted the state's turnaround in 15 years.
The live interactive session has been organised by Bihar Jharkhand Association of North America (BJANA) in association with Consulate General of India, New York. The session is schedule to be held for one hour, starting 7:30pm as per Indian time (9am EST) on Saturday. It will be streamed live of Facebook- www.facebook.com/bjanaus/live.
Elaborating on the upcoming event, former minister and JD (U)’s national general secretary Sanjay Kumar Jha told TOI: “It is perhaps for the first time that CM Nitish is interacting with such large group of natives of the state outside the country. Tens of hundreds of people from all 50 states in the US are expected to interact with CM Nitish in the live session. BJANA had expressed the desire for such an interaction with the CM with the motive to strengthen the bond of people with Bihar and Jharkhand origin with their native states.”
Jha claimed that the CM has been requested to share the journey of development of Bihar under his regime over the last 15 years. “While the CM will speak about the works done by the government in last 15 years, the participants will also be able to give suggestions as well as volunteer to contribute to the development of Bihar.”
He added: “We have been told that few universities in the US want to study the works done in Bihar in the field of women empowerment and prevention of climate change through programme such as Jal Jivan Hariyali.”
The official website of BJANA states that the primary objective of the Association is to carry out, promote and coordinate philanthropic, educational and voluntary activities serving physically and economically disadvantaged people in Bihar and Jharkhand, and to integrate Indian communities across North America, who have origins in the two Indian states.