Union Home Minister Amit Shah, whose averments on Nitish Kumar's continuance as Chief Minister of Bihar have been fuelling speculations in the poll-bound state, met the JD(U) president here on Friday.

Shah, who had arrived here the previous evening, drove down to 1, Anney Marg, the official residence of the CM, before going for a rally in Saran district and an interaction in the state capital.

He was accompanied by Union Minister and election-in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan and Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary. They were accorded a warm welcome by Kumar, who had JD(U) working president Sanjay Jha by his side.

The BJP, on its part, despite having 80 MLAs in the outgoing Assembly, has not insisted on having the upper hand, and agreed to contest the same number of 101 seats as the JD(U). The arrang

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