Nitish Kumar, Amit Shah Bonhomie In Pictures

Written By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 12 Jul 2018 11:21 PM (IST)

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Over a decade after a cancelled dinner invitation by Nitish Kumar for BJP leaders broke a long-running alliance at that time, the Bihar Chief Minister on Thursday hosted the saffron party's chief Amit Shah for breakfast as well as dinner here in what is being seen as an attempt to dispel rumblings about differences in a revived alliance. Photo: PTI

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Neither side briefed the media on the areas covered during the two rounds of talks and on whether any formula for seat sharing was in the process of being evolved. Photo: Twitter

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In between Shah held talks with state BJP leaders for a feedback on ground level situation in different Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. Photo: Twitter

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Kumar and Shah first met over breakfast for about an hour and later over dinner during the first visit of Shah to Bihar after return of Kumar's JDU to the NDA. Photo: Twitter

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Carrying forward the display of bonhomie over breakfast, Shah and Kumar joined by some other state level leaders of JDU and BJP met over dinner at CM's official bungalow for dinner. Photo: PTI

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Sources in both parties said the two leaders have broadly covered the ground situation in three different regions of Bihar - north, south and Seemanchal - the last having several seats with a sizeable number of minority votes. Photo: PTI

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As per the two party leaders, they held wide-ranging talks on the current political situation in Bihar and the NDA's strategy for contesting the 40 seats in the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Photo: PTI

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After breakfast, seen by political observers as an ice breaker amid talks in some corners about growing differences over seat sharing for Lok Sabha polls next year, Kumar and Shah met again over dinner tonight signalling all was well in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Photo: PTI