RANCHI, Dec. 16 -- Around a week after she alleged that the union ministers are not giving appointments for meetings over pending issues of the state, Jharkhand rural development minister Deepika Pandey Singh met union panchayati raj minister Lalan Singh in the national capital on Tuesday and expressed gratitude for recommending disbursal of the first installment of the 15th Finance Commission grant for Jharkhand.

The development comes a week after Singh had accused the central ministers of non-cooperation during the winter session of the Jharkhand assembly last week, when leader of opposition Babulal Marandi had advised the Hemant Soren cabinet members to engage with the union ministers instead of blaming the Centre for everything.

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