Leading a coalition government of JD(U) and BJP in Bihar in July 2012, Nitish Kumar eagerly launched a website, www.lohiavani.com, which contained 16,000 pages on the life and thoughts of Ram Manohar Lohia, including 38 provocative speeches. Were. The chief minister, a lifelong fan of the socialist icon, thought that the website would inspire the youth in the same way that Lohia had captured the imagination of the youth of his generation.
Six years later in 2018 at the helm of another NDA government, Nitish wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding not only the Bharat Ratna for Lohia, but the Goa airport in recognition of his contribution to the freedom struggle. The name was named after him. of the coastal state against the Portuguese rule.
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