Patna, May 9: Last week, district magistrate Sanjay Kumar Singh reprimanded a man for bringing his son to his janata darbar at Patna collectorate. Similarly, Nitish Kumar, in a stern message to complainants, today expressed his displeasure over children being brought to his darbar.

When Rina Devi from Harnaut in Nalanda distict reached janata darbar along with three of her children, including two daughters and a son, she pleaded with Nitish: “Sir, my husband is dead and there is no other family member to support me. How would it be possible to me to survive without any financial support? I would request you to grant me some fund for the survival of me and my children.”

As soon as she finished her plea, Nitish, who had kept looking at her children all this while, replied: “You have a problem and you have come to my darbar. But just tell me what was the need of bringing these children here? Do you have any idea that such kind of things affect children’s mind? They are very small and it does not suit them. You should not have brought your children to the darbar. It’s a completely wrong practice. People should not practise this at any cost.”

He added: “The habit of complainants bringing their children must be stopped as soon as possible. It’s really upsetting that parent bring their children to the janata darbar. What is the use of all such things?” The chief minister is considered very strict with such things as he always emphasises on educating children.

On being asked the reason behind bringing her children, Reena Devi said: “No one believes me when I talk about my problems and that of the children. So I brought my children to the darbar. I wanted to show the chief minister that I was really going through a bad phase and the children will become orphans if the state government does not help me out.”

She added: “The chief minister might have shown sympathy towards me and would have taken up my complaint on priority basis. So I brought my children to the darbar. But after listening to the CM’s advice, it seemed that I was wrong and he is very particular with children being brought to the janata darbar.”

An official of the CM’s secretariat said: “It has become a trend for women to bring their children to the janata darbar. They have a misconception that such things work here. Genuine complaints are taken up here and action taken. If someone thinks that it would play a role in changing the CM’s mind, it’s their illusion.”