India, March 13 -- Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan held a meeting with Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the Kerala House in New Delhi on Wednesday in the presence of governor Rajendra Arlekar.

The meeting followed by breakfast came just a day after the governor's rare interaction with the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs from the state in Delhi where he exhorted them to bury political differences and work for the interests of the state. The governor had also pledged his support to the chief minister in presenting effectively the issues and demands of Kerala before the Union government.

"The visit of the Union finance minister to Kerala House was unofficial. The minister returned after having breakfast," a release from CM...