People to miss "Kurta Phar" Holi of Lalu this time

Patna, Mar 14 (UNI) 1, Anne Marg, the official residence of Bihar Chief Minister, is going to celebrate the festival of colours differently this time as new occupant Nitish Kumar is in no mood to emulate his predecessor Lalu Prasad's ''Kurta Phar Holi.'' Mr Prasad and his family members are presently in New Delhi and would celebrate Holi in the national capital this time.

Lalu's ''Kurta Phar'' Holi had generated much curiosity not only among motley group of revellers, who invariably visited the 1, Anne Marg on Holi to get their 'Kurtas' torn apart but also among the general public, who watched glimpses of ''Lalu's Holi'' on their TV sets in the evenings.

But the ''plainspeak'' Mr Kumar had made up his mind not to allow repetition of similar sort of Holi celebration at his new residence any more as ''enough was enough'' now.

'' I want to celebrate Holi in a simple manner, '' Mr Kumar told newspersons at 1, Anne Marg inviting them to celebrate the festival with him.

'' I wish to strengthen social harmony on the occasion of Holi, '' Mr Kumar remarked as people left his new house arguing whether the ''good governance'' was just confined to the state Secretariat or its reach was much wider encompassing the 1, Anne Marg, which had witnessed different Holi moods of the state's top leaders all these years.

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