Nitish Kumar meets PM a day after BJP’s Bankipur bypoll defeat
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.
Why it matters
The meeting is politically significant given the shifting alliances and recent electoral outcomes in Bihar.
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).
Mr. Kumar, now a Rajya Sabha MP, was accompanied by two senior JD(U) leaders — Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, and Rajya Sabha MP and national working president Sanjay Kumar Jha.
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