New Delhi, July 16: Efforts to persuade Nitish Kumar to withdraw his resignation from the Union Cabinet continuedwith Samata Party president George Fernandes meeting him at his residence here early this morning and requesting him to take back his papers. The meeting lasted about 15 minutes but what transpired was not known immediately.

Fernandes, who spoke to Kumar for 45 minutes on Monday night, had said yesterday that he would keep up his efforts to persuade the railway minister to relent.
However, Kumar refused to withdraw his resignation and did not attend office in Rail Bhavan yesterday.
Bureau Report