Chief Ministers Nitish Kumar and Arvind Kejriwal met in Delhi today.
For the fourth time in the last two months, Chief Ministers Nitish Kumar and Arvind Kejriwal met in Delhi today and continued to swap favours.
Mr Kumar, who is running for a third term, has locked in Mr Kejriwal's support - the Delhi leader's Aam Aadmi Party or AAP has said it will not put up any candidates in Bihar; when Mr Kejriwal ran for office in February, Mr Kumar's party had stayed out of the election.
Last month, Mr Kumar sent six police officers to Delhi's Anti-Corruption Bureau, doing Mr Kejriwal a solid.
After today's meeting, the Bihar Chief Minister reiterated his support for full statehood for Delhi, high on the list of Mr Kejriwal's war cries against the BJP.
What Mr Kumar hopes to gain next from his Delhi counterpart is a commitment to address a rally in Bihar - Mr Kejriwal is especially popular among young voters.
The influence of Mr Kejriwal on the Bihar campaign is notable. Mr Kumar's main election strategist is Pravin Kishor, who introduced high-tech blitz into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's national campaign. But for Mr Kumar, he has created a back-to-basics approach that has seen the Chief Minister visiting homes to seek support and feedback on important policies - a trademark of Mr Kejriwal, whose neighbourhood meetings shaped his party's manifesto and more recently, the Delhi government's budget.
Mr Kumar yesterday attended the Iftar party hosted in Delhi by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, with whom he has allied along with Lalu Yadav. Together, they hope to stop the Prime Minister from leading the BJP to victory in Bihar.