Overview
- Nitish Kumar, elected to the Rajya Sabha in March, vacated the Bihar chief minister’s 1 Anne Marg residence on Friday and shifted to 7 Circular Road in Patna.
- He marked the move with a puja on Buddha Purnima as Buddhist monks offered prayers at the new house.
- News footage showed a low-key shift, with coolers on a handcart and beds and tables on a tractor.
- The 1 Anne Marg bungalow now passes to new Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, who is expected to move in after staying at 5 Deshratna Marg.
- The 7 Circular Road address also housed him after his 2014 resignation and sits about 200 meters from Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi’s home.