'Everyone from outside is struck by Bihar's rural road connectivity'

In an exclusive interview with Aditi Phadnis, Bihar's Road and Infrastructre as well as Urban Development Minister Nitin Nabin enumerates the developmental strides the state has taken

Bihar’s Roads and Infrastructure Minister Nitin Nabin first contested the elections when he was just 25, when his father, a well-known figure in Bihar BJP, died suddenly. Now a minister in the state government and a rising star, he was put in charge of organising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Patna visit during the election campaign. Nabin talks about achievements and challenges in an interview with Aditi Phadnis in Patna. Edited Excerpts.

 

What was the situation when you first became a minister?

 

I became minister for roads in 2021. But starting 2006, the Nitish Kumar government had been giving enormous impetus