Ashok Gehlot meets Lalu Prasad

ANI  |  Patna (Bihar) [India] 

Senior on Thursday visited ailing Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) at his residence in

Lalu, who was out of parole in May to attend his elder son Tej Pratap's wedding, is on a six-week bail on health grounds.

He is suffering from a heart condition, for which he was recently admitted to

Following his meeting with Lalu Prasad, Gehlot tweeted a picture with him, saying: "Visited Sh Yadav ji at his residence in #Patna, #.. I wish him a speedy recovery."

Gehlot is in to attend 100th birth anniversary of former Chief Minister,

On Thursday, he also attended a meeting with Pradesh Committee.

Congress, RJD and Nitish Kumar-led (United) were part of the during polls in 2015, in which RJD emerged as the single largest party with 80 seats, while JD-U got 71 and 27.

Following Nitish Kumar snapping ties from the Grand Alliance, RJD and Congress are now working for a larger alliance at both the level for 2019 and the state elections in 2020.

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First Published: Thu, July 12 2018. 13:55 IST