Amit Shah-led Eastern Zonal Council meet in Patna addresses multiple issues

"The meeting was good and several issues were resolved in the meeting. Committees were also formed for some issues," Shah told ANI.

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah had chaired the 26th meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council in Patna, Bihar. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and senior ministers from Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand attended the meeting. The secretary of the Inter State Council Secretariat, the chief secretaries of member states, senior officials of state governments and central ministries and departments were also present in the meeting.

In his address, Union Home Minister Shah said that apart from being the cultural capital of the country, the eastern region has also been the centre of many major educational institutions since ancient times. He said that a lot of experiments have taken place in the field of education in the eastern region and even in competitive examinations, children from the eastern region are most successful.