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No pomp show, PM's visit to Bihar will be simple : Lalan

No pomp show, PM's visit to Bihar will be simple : Lalan

Patna, Apr 23 (UNI) Union Minister Rajeev Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh on Wednesday declared that PM Narendra Modi's scheduled visit to Bihar on Thursday would be simple in view of terror attack in Pahalgam of Jammu and Kashmir.
Singh told media persons here that PM's visit to Bihar on Thursday would be very simple without any pomp show. No function would be organised to welcome PM Modi and he would just come to address the meeting in Madhubani, being organised on the occasion of " Panchayati Raj Day ", he added.
" After addressing the meeting, PM will return to New Delhi immediately", Union Minister said adding that no momento would be given to PM or any other leader on the dais. No garlanding of anyone would be done, neither open jeep short road show jointly by PM Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would be staged, as was done in Bhagalpur during earlier visit of PM, he added.

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