Nitish Kumar in Patna on Monday. Picture by Nagendra Kumar Singh Patna, Oct. 9: Chief minister Nitish Kumar today said he had not read the morning's newspapers when asked about a report that the turnover of a company owned by Jay Amitbhai Shah, the son of the BJP national president, had risen 16,000 times in a year. Pressed by journalists, the chief minister said: "I can give my reaction only if I know the basic facts. Former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has tweeted and asked: "What will Nitish's conscience do in the case of Amit Shah's son?" CM on dowry Nitish said that those inviting him for weddings would have to speak out that no dowry has been taken.

Source: The Telegraph October 10, 2017 12:56 UTC