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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh for next of kin of the deceased.
Lithara, hailing from Kozhikode district, was employed in the Indian Railways in Patna.
Nitish Kumar has reportedly instructed to not take action on the attacker.
The ball has been set rolling by Maharashtra leader Nawab Malik who said that his party was ready to back the JD(U) leader for the country's highest constitutional office if the latter snapped ties with BJP.
The government's disapproval was conveyed by Education Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary who, on Thursday, summoned the authorities of the Jayaprakash Narayan University in Saran district.
Chaudhary, who was allocated the portfolio on Tuesday, a day after taking oath, sent his resignation immediately after assuming charge at 1pm.
The governor accepted the resignation and asked Kumar to continue as the caretaker chief minister till the new NDA government is sworn in.
Yadav also demanded a recounting of postal ballots in all those constituencies where these were counted at the end, and not in the beginning.
The ruling coalition won 125 seats in the 243-member state assembly against 110 clinched by the opposition Grand Alliance to pave the way for a fourth successive term for Kumar in office.
The most atypical of politicians owing their rise to post-Mandal politics, Nitish Kumar stood out for his ability to address the governance deficit, unlike a majority of the breed reared in the socialist stable, but was often accused of pursuing politics of opportunism.