India, Aug. 5 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met former Bihar chief minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar, a day after the BJP failed to retain its stronghold of Bankipur in the bypoll, the first election after Kumar stepped down as CM. The seat earlier held by BJP's national president Nitin Nabin has been wrested by Jan Suraaj Party's Prashant Kishor.

According to people aware of the details, the agenda for the first meeting between the PM and Kumar, after he became a Rajya Sabha MP, was largely confined to "Bihar's development, the roadmap for the future of the state and the alliance."

The JD(U) is a key ally of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and the two parties run a coalition government in Bihar.

"The meet...