KATHMANDU, August 22: Chief Minister of the Indian State of Bihar, Nitish Kumar has expressed grief over the death of Nepali Congress (NP) leader and lawmaker Pradip Giri.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Nitish said that he had a personal relationship with leader Giri, adding that the late Giri was a philosopher and a socialist thinker.
What leaders said about the late NC leader Pradeep Giri
Stating that he was shocked to hear the news of Giri's death, Chief Minister Nitish said that he has lost a true friend in Nepal.
Similarly, a leader of India's socialist movement and a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, has said that Nepal has lost a great personality of the socialist movement.
Anand Kumar is also a participant in the Justice and Equality Movement in Nepal including the 2006 movement. He paid tribute to the late Giri and expressed his sorrow over losing a friend.
