On Monday, Nitish Kumar threw a slipper at Nitish Kumar. At the receiving end was Bihar's chief minister; the aggressor - and the CM's namesake - was a disgruntled visitor at the janata durbar.
At the monthly meeting, the CM was talking to a few visitors, when a slipper was thrown at him. "It hit me on the shoulder," said the CM, who later called his belligerent namesake to find out what the problem was.
The slipper-thrower said he was angry with the state government's move to ban cooking during the day even for religious ceremonies. More than 300 people have died in stray fires, prompting the state to impose a punishment of two years in jail on violators. The chief minister asked the police to release his disgruntled aggressor as soon as possible.
