India, Jan. 15 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday joined senior NDA leaders at a traditional dahi-chura (curd and flattened rice) feast hosted by Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan at the party's state office on 1, Wheeler Road here on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.

BJP working president Nitin Nabin, Union minister Nityanand Rai, deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary, and state ministers Mangal Pandey, Ram Kripal Yadav and Vijay Kumar Choudhary were among the prominent leaders present. Several NDA MPs and MLAs also attended the gathering.

Calling Makar Sankranti a festival of warmth and togetherness, Paswan said it symbolises happiness and prosperity. "Bihar is moving towards prosperi...