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Development is visible in Bihar only in speeches of PM and CM: Akhilesh

Patna, Dec 8 (UNI) Bihar Pradesh Congress committee President Akhilesh Prasad Singh said that the development in Bihar is visible only in the speeches of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
While talking to the news persons, the Congress President claimed here on Sunday that the Assembly general elections slated next year would prove to be the last election of the tenure of Nitish Kumar, who has been in power in Bihar for 20 years.
Referring to the latest CAG report and the report of Niti Aayog, Singh said that the performance of Bihar was found to be the worst in the report of the Niti Aayog.
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