Nitish Kumar

They were accompanied by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, Union Minister of State for Water Resource Jaiprakash Narain Yadav and BJP Lok Sabha members from Purnia and Araria - Uday Singh and Sukhdeo Paswan - respectively.Earlier, Kumar received Singh and Gandhi at the Purnia airbase and briefed them about the flood situation.Altogether 55 persons have so far lost their lives in the current spell of floods in the state.