Alliance with Nitish won't break: Amit Shah
Patna, July 12 : BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday said that his party's alliance with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD-U will not end and that the two parties will together contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
"The BJP-led NDA's alliance with Nitish Kumar will not break, it will continue. We are with Nitish Kumar and will continue to be with him," Shah told party leaders and activists here at Gayan Bhawan.
Shah said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) knew how to manage its allies. "The NDA is united and strong in Bihar. We will contest the Lok Sabha election together and will win all 40 seats in the state."
The BJP leader said the time had come to uproot the Congress from the country. "The end of Congress will take place in Bihar."
He added that the BJP-led government would win a majority in the next Lok Sabha battle again.
Shah arrived here and met Janata Dal-United chief Nitish Kumar over breakfast.
A team of BJP leaders, including Union Ministers from Bihar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, earlier thronged the Patna airport with garlands to welcome Shah
This is Shah's first visit to Bihar after Nitish Kumar's JD-U joined the National Democratic Alliance in July 2017 after dumping the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress.
To mark Shah's visit, the entire city was flooded with hoardings, banners, high-rise gates and posters highlighting the achievements of the four years of the Modi government.
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15 IAS officers transferred in Haryana
Chandigarh (PTI): The Haryana government transferred 15 IAS officers with immediate effect on Wednesday.
Among those who have been transferred are Vineet Garg, Chairman, Haryana State Pollution Control Board. He has been posted as the additional chief secretary to the government's printing and stationery department, relieving Raja Shekhar Vundru of the charge, a government order said.
Ajay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram, has been transferred and posted as the deputy principal secretary-II to the chief minister against a newly-created post.
Pankaj Agarwal, Principal Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources Department, has been posted as the principal secretary in the architecture department, relieving Apporva Kumar Singh of the charge.
Saket Kumar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Commissioner and Secretary, Development and Panchayats Department, has been transferred and posted as the commissioner and secretary in the archives department, relieving Shekhar Vidyarthi of the charge.
Mani Ram Sharma, Registrar, Cooperative Societies, has been posted as the secretary in the health department, relieving Rippudaman Singh Dhillon of the charge.
