Amit Shah to tour poll-bound Bihar

New Delhi, Jun 12: BJP President Amit Shah will be on a two-day tour to poll-bound Bihar during which he will also take part in a yoga event in Patna on June 21, the International Yoga Day, which the Narendra Modi government is celebrating in a grand way across the country.

Shah will hold a meeting with the state party leaders to fine tune NDA's strategy for the Assembly election in which it is locked in a keen contest with the RJD-JD(U) alliance spearheaded by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad, the party said in a statement.

Bihar BJP has been asked by the party leadership to hold yoga-related events across the state on June 21.

The UN had delcared June 21 as the International Yoga Day following a proposal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party has promoted it as a major success of its government.

PTI