"The Chief Minister is suffering from sore throat and will not address the media today," an official spokesman said.
Kumar generally speaks on a wide range of issues during such briefings, much anticipated, by the reporters.
The Chief Minister might have given a miss to the media conference this time apparently to avoid searching questions on massive public protests greeting him during his 'Adhikar yatra', brandishing of weapon by a JD(U) leader Ranveer Yadav in Khagaria and stern action initiated against the contractual teachers, according to political observers.