Several top ministers of the Bihar government were found absent from their offices when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar paid a surprise visit to their offices on Tuesday.
The chief minister, who expressed his unhappiness at the state of attendance, also gave orders asking all ministers and government officials to reach their respective offices by 9.30 a.m.
Kumar paid surprise visits to Vikas Bhavan (New Secretariat) and Visvesvaraya Bhawan (technical secretariat), located on Bailey Road in the state capital.
During his visit to Vikas Bhavan, Kumar found that some of the ministers were not present inside their chambers.
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