Lauding the Modi government, he said that usually the central government do two or three historic work in their 50 years of rule, "but the Modi government has done 50 such works in the last three years".
A range of issues, including expanding cooperation between armed forces of the two countries, were discussed in the meeting between Jaitley and Gen Hlaing, who is commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Defence Services.
The former Union minister once again claimed that the CBI action against Tejashwi is a political conspiracy to destabilize Bihar's ruling Grand Alliance.
The counting for all 10 seats will be taken up on August 8.
"Everybody in the country has a right to eat beef. The gau rakshaks have the right to lodge a police complaint... However, they don't have the authority to take the law in their hands," Athawale said.
The Chief Minister said that ‘whoever is behind this will be dealt with strongly’.
Sinha, BJP BJP MP from Patna Saheb seat, said "I hope and pray that Bihar does not go for a mid-term poll."
The ruling alliance in Bihar has taken a hit after Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, deputy chief minister and Lalu Prasad's son, was booked in a graft case.
Sources added that Sonia intervened at the insistence of JD(U) leaders, who wanted to see that the issue does not precipitate the crisis further.
The meeting was also attended by Jaitley, Doval and Jaishankar. Sources said that Jaishankar gave two detailed presentations on the prevailing situation along the Sino-Indian border and J&K.
The BJD had announced its support for Kovind even though the party's president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had in the past dubbed the BJP as "communal" and even severed his party's ties with it prior to the 2009 general elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today described Myanmar as a "key pillar" of India's 'Act East' policy and expressed his firm commitment to strengthen the bilateral relationship in all areas.
Rajnath Singh and BJP President Amit Shah were also present in the meeting.
The decision to address the meeting was taken after the nation was hounded on both sides, by Pakistan and China.
RJD ministers are learnt to have made up their mind to quit Nitish Kumar's cabinet and offer outside support to the government in Bihar
Rahul remarked that the government is looking for a math tutor and those interested should apply to the PMO at the earliest.
Abu Asim Azmi said that the government should wake up before Muslims react to actions such as lynchings in the name of cow protection.
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh supported the demand of CBI probe into the encounter of gangster Anandpal Singh.
Chhagan Bhujbal's son Pankaj, nephew Sameer, and 15 others have been named in the FIR lodged in connection with wrongdoings in construction of a commercial complex at a residential plot in Mumbai.
Modi also said that nothing much should be read into the “issue-based” friendship between Nitish Kumar and the National Democratic Alliance
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