The Hindu·2 min read·medium
Nitish Kumar meets PM a day after BJP’s Bankipur bypoll defeat
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The Hindu Bureau
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Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a courtesy call following a recent by-election loss for the BJP in Patna. Both parties stated the discussion focused on state development projects rather than political results.
A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost Patna’s Bankipur Assembly seat in a by-election , Janata Dal-United (JD-U) supremo and former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (August 4, 2026).
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