Modi, Nitish Meet Day After Bankipur Defeat
Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party won Bankipur by 19,324 votes, prompting NDA leaders to assess the setback in a long-held BJP seat.
- On Tuesday, Janata Dal-United supremo and former chief minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Parliament House in New Delhi, a day after the BJP bypoll loss in Bankipur.
- The Bharatiya Janata Party lost the Bankipur Assembly seat, a 30-year stronghold, to Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, who secured victory with a margin of 19,324 votes.
- "The people voted against arrogance in Bankipur," Kishor said, explaining voters rejected traditional caste-based politics to back his focus on education and employment reform.
- Kumar, accompanied by Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh and national working president Sanjay Kumar Jha, described the meeting as a "courtesy call" amid speculation over the NDA's future in Bihar.
- While the BJP retains a comfortable Assembly majority, observers view the result as a significant political breakthrough for Kishor, intensifying discussions over changing political equations in Bihar.
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Former Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Meets PM Modi at Parliament House
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Nitish Kumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his office chamber at the Parliament House in New Delhi on Tuesday. India News | Former Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Meets PM Modi at Parliament House.
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