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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, a day after he skipped the luncheon meeting organised by Congress President Sonia Gandhi for opposition leaders.
Mr Kumar met Mr Modi after attending a lunch hosted by the Prime Minister for his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth.
After the meeting, Mr Nitish Kumar told reporters that too much was being read into the meeting which, he insisted, was a usual interaction between the prime minister and a chief minister. Mr Kumar also said that he had met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi last month and it was already decided that former JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav will attend the lunch to be hosted by her.
Mrs Gandhi’s luncheon meeting was attended by leaders of 17 parties, as part of efforts to forge an opposition unity particularly in the context of upcoming presidential polls.