NEW DELHI, Aug. 5 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met former Bihar chief minister and JDU president Nitish Kumar, a day after the BJP failed to retain its stronghold of Bankipur in the by-poll, 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 Kishore. 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 JDU is a key ally of the BJP led National Democratic Alliance and the two parties run a coalition government in Bihar. "The meeting was about issues related to the development of Bihar. The former CM discussed some issues that needed attention and sought support for the state.it was largely about development and infrastructure enhancement," said a person privy to the meeting of the two leaders. The person quoted above said "some political issues" were discussed but declined to comment on whether the by-poll results were specifically addressed by the two leaders. While the PM's office put out a photograph of the meeting, Kumar who was accompanied by JDU working president and MP Sanjay Jha and union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh in a post on 'X' said, "Today, I had the courtesy of a meeting with the Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji in his office chamber at Parliament House.." Post the meeting, a BJP leader responding to a question on the implications of the by-poll for the alliance said, "Both the BJP and the JDU will assess the result of the by-poll although the Jan Suuraj winning the seat has more grave implications for the Rashtriya Janata Dal whose candidate (Rekha Kumari) forfeited her security deposit (for failing to win at least one-sixth of the total votes polled)..." While the BJP on Monday attributed the loss to a raft of issues, the JDU for its part has been largely silent. On Tuesday a JDU leader said, the emergence of a new outfit in Bihar's polity dominated by caste will ring an alarm for the established parties particularly the BJP, which banks on a wider coalition of castes and does not have a stronghold in terms of electorate. He said the party will also have to "consider the acceptability" of CM Samrat Chaudhary among the electorate and its own votebank. Senior Madhya Pradesh BJP leader and former home minister Narottam Mishra skipped a BJP review meeting on Tuesday convened to analyse the party's defeat in the Datia assembly bypoll, triggering speculation over his role in the electoral setback and his standing within the party. The meeting, said people aware of the matter, was held at CM Mohan Yadav's residence in Bhopal a day after Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh defeated BJP's Ashutosh Tiwari by 6,016 votes in the bypoll. Mishra's absence drew attention as he was in Bhopal when the meeting took place. The BJP had made the Datia contest a prestige battle, deploying at least 12 ministers, including a deputy CM, six MPs and several senior leaders during the campaign. A senior party leader, requesting anonymity, said, "The decision to not call Mishra, once considered the BJP's strongman in Datia, suggests his role is also under question, especially given the reactions of his supporters when he was denied a ticket." Mishra declined to comment when contacted by HT. Khandelwal avoided directly addressing Mishra's absence but announced the formation of a two-member committee to examine the reasons of defeat....