Nitish Kumar skips Sonia Gandhi's call but accepts PM Modi's lunch invite

JD (U) rejects speculation that party might revive its alliance with BJP

Janata Dal (United) leadership on Friday dismissed speculation as baseless that Bihar Chief Minister and party chief Nitish Kumar was warming up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Kumar is scheduled to be at a lunch hosted by the PM in honour of visiting Mauritian Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth. The Bihar CM, however, had skipped the lunch that Congress President Sonia Gandhi had hosted for Opposition leaders today. She had invited Opposition leaders, including Kumar, to discuss the forthcoming presidential elections. Kumar's ally Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad attended the lunch, but Kumar was missing on account of prior engagements.

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