Advani visits ancestral seat of Jaiprakash Narain

BJP leader L K Advani, accompanied by his daughter Pratibha Advani and other party leaders including Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, visited the ancestral house of late Jayaprakash Narayan and garlanded his statue on Tuesday.

They then arrived at the Gandhi Maidan, from where Advani's Jan Chetna Yatra is to roll out, paid floral tributes to the departed Lok Nayak.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister S K Modi, also reached Sitabdiara.

Earlier, the chief minister participated in official functions for rural electrification and other development schemes to be executed for Sitabdiara.