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Nitish calls on Lalan Singh amid second phase of polling

Patna, Nov 11 (UNI) As the polling for the second phase of Bihar assembly elections in 122 assembly constituencies are in progress, the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar called on JDU leader and union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh this morning.
Kumar suddenly arrived at the residence of Singh, and spent about 15 minutes there. Party insiders said that their meeting, in view of the on going elections is quite significant.
Both have been learnt to discuss various political issues including electoral scenario and polling percentage. They also discussed the scenario emerging after counting of the votes and the most coveted issue of the chief ministers post.
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