Bihar's Nitish Kumar and Odisha's Naveen Patnaik - have voiced their support for the Centre on the use of cashless methods of payment after demonetization. Sources said the Chief Ministers of Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry and Bihar will also be present in the meeting. In order to blunt the opposition on note ban, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday held talks with Naidu and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The Central Government yesterday decided to form a sub-committee of Chief Ministers to deal with the demonetization issue. So far, only two Chief Ministers Bihar's Nitish Kumar and Odisha's Naveen Patnaik - have voiced their support for the Centre.

Source: dna November 29, 2016 09:48 UTC