Nothing political about meetings with LJP MP, Kanhaiya: Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday insisted that not much should be read into his recent meeting with an MP of the LJP, which is headed by his bete noire Chirag Paswan, since members of Parliament and the state legislature call on him regularly over matters relating to their constituencies.

About the visit of CPI's Kanhaiya Kumar to his key aide and cabinet colleague Ashok Choudhary, the chief minister said that the former JNU student leader and an MLA of his party had met him earlier but did not discuss politics.

Nitish Kumar, who gave up the post of JD(U) national president recently but continues to wield supreme control over it, was asked by reporters at the party'S state headquarters whether Mr Paswan needs to worry after LJP Nawada MP Chandan Kumar Singh's visit to the chief minister's official residence on Sunday.