Breaking his silence over a youth hurling a slipper at him recently, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday termed the incident "absurd" and "meant for publicity", ruing that there was "no value for good work". The youth had on October 11 hurled slipper in the direction of the podium where Kumar was seated along with other senior JD(U) leaders.

"There is no value for the good work that you do, but if anyone hurls a slipper, it suddenly catches everyone's attention... There is hardly any impact of such incidents. But, there are people who are publicity seekers and do all such absurd things," the chief minister said at a conclave here. The incident had taken place at a 'Chhatra Samagam' (students' congregation) organised by the JD(U) at Bapu Sabhagar auditorium on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan.