Rajnath to chair Eastern Zonal Council meeting in Ranchi

Jitendra K Shrivastava

Tribune News Service

Ranchi, June 27

The Eastern Zonal Council meeting is likely to be held in Ranchi, the state capital of Jharkhand, on Monday. The meet is expected to be attended by chief ministers of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will chair the meeting. During the meeting acrimonious exchanges between Bihar and Jharkhand are expected to take place. After the blanket ban on liquor in Bihar, both states are not on good terms.

From Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Prasad Yadav have already arrived in Ranchi to attend the meeting. Bihar might raise the contentious issue of pension liabilities before Jharkhand, while the latter might press for the handover of revenue maps.

Reacting to the merit muddle of Bihar, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das had slammed his Bihar counterpart and appealed Bihar parents to send their wards to Jharkhand for studies.