HighLights
  1. Nitish Kumar met PM Modi post Bankipur by-election defeat.
  2. Meeting discussed Bihar's development and future priorities.
  3. Prashant Kishor won Bankipur, breaking BJP's long hold.

State Bureau, Patna | A day after the Bankipur byelection debacle, Janata Dal United (JD-U) national president and Rajya Sabha member Nitish Kumar met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the PM's office in Parliament on Tuesday.

Senior JD-U leader and Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, also known as Lallan Singh, and JD-U acting national president Sanjay Kumar Jha were also present during the meeting.

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"JD(U) National President, former Chief Minister of Bihar and Hon'ble Rajya Sabha MP Shri @NitishKumar
ji met Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji as a courtesy call today at Parliament House in New Delhi. On this occasion, JD(U) Hon'ble Executive National President Shri @SanjayJhaBihar ji and Union Minister Shri @LalanSingh_1 ji were also present," JD-U's post read on X.

Bihar's Development Discussed

Many important issues related to Bihar's development were discussed during this meeting with PM Modi, said the sources, adding that the two leaders discussed the state's development plans and future priorities.

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Issues related to the development of Bihar as well as Northeast India were also raised during the meeting, they said. JD-U stated that the meeting with the Prime Minister had a meaningful discussion regarding the development of these regions. However, details of the political issues discussed at the meeting have not been released.

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Meeting Is Significant Amid Political Developments In Patna

This meeting, held just a day after the Bankipur by-election results were announced, is being considered politically significant. Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor made a historic electoral debut, winning the by-poll for Bihar's prestigious Bankipur assembly constituency, which had been held by the BJP since 1995.

The defeat, coming days after the massive Gen Z protests across the country, was even more stinging because the seat was last held by BJP president Nitin Nabin, whose elevation necessitated the by-poll on August 30. Kishor, who got 64,151 votes, defeated BJP's Neeraj Kumar by 19,324 votes.


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