PATNA, March 26 -- The five-phase Samridhi Yatra of chief minister Nitish Kumar ended in Patna on Thursday with Kumar inaugurating and laying foundations of different projects/schemes worth Rs.810 crore in Nalanda and Rs.1,056.11 crore in Patna.

The Samriddhi Yatra was launched on January 16 from West Champaran district and it was divided in five phases.

The last two phases of his Samridhi Yatra was undertaken amid heightened political activity in the ruling JD(U) in wake of Kumar's expressing his wish to go to national politics by entering Rajya Sabha. Subsequently his son, Nishant Kumar also joined the JD(U) in between.

On the final leg of his Yatra, Kumar addressed a gathering at the Bapu Sabhagar in Patna and launched a scathing at...