Nitish Kumar unveils life-size statue of George Fernandes at his 'karmabhoomi' Muzaffarpur

PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday unveiled, through video conferencing, a life-size statue of former defense minister George Fernandes on the occasion of his 90th birth anniversary.
The statue has been installed at the City Park, Muzaffarpur, whereas Nitish unveiled it from the CM residence in the state capital during a state event organized at Muzaffarpur district headquarters.George, a veteran trade union leader, represented Muzaffarpur in the Lok Sabha for several years.
Nitish also unveiled a prototype of George’s life-size statue at the CM residence here and paid floral tributes to the great leader.
Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, Bihar Vidhan Sabha speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary, energy minister Vijendra Prasad Yadav, industries minister Shyam Razak, urban development and housing minister Suresh Kumar Sharma, building construction minister Ashok Choudhary and water resources minister Sanjay Kumar Jha also paid floral tributes on the prototype statue at the CM residence here.
At Muzaffarpur, the local BJP MP Ajay Nishad, MLC Dinesh Prasad Singh and some other dignitaries paid floral tributes to George on his birth anniversary. Muzaffarpur DM Chandra Shekhar Singh was connected through video-conferencing with the CM house at the time of unveiling of statue.
At the CM residence, chief secretary Deepak Kumar, building construction secretary Chanchal Kumar and both secretaries to the CM Manish Kumar Verma and Anupam Kumar also were present.
At Muzaffarpur City Park, only few people were invited to attend the event as the administration was following the norms of social distancing to avoid the danger of further spread of covid-19 because of mass gathering.