Patna: Making a strong pitch for special category status for Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said it would be better if the privilege was given sooner or else people would themselves take a decision in this regard in the 2014 general elections. "Amendment in criteria for according special status itself symbolises half victory for Bihar," Kumar said addressing a rally at Purnea.
The CM reiterated demand for special status for Bihar which he said would pave way for setting up of industries with lot of concessions that would motivate investors and provide employment to youths. Kumar mentioned Union Finance minister P Chidambaram who in his budget speech had talked about need for changing criteria for according special status. The point was also made in the economic survey, he added.
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02:59 AM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has once again raised the pitch for a third front. Speaking at a rally in Etawah on Wednesday, Mulayam said that neither the BJP, nor the Congress can form a government in 2014. He further said that Congress can't be trusted and the chances of a Third Front government are very high. This is the second time in three days that the...
05:33 PM, Mar 27, 2013
New Delhi: Ditched by the DMK and kept guessing by SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Congress is looking further east, towards Bihar and West Bengal, to ensure that the UPA survives till the 2014 general elections. Sending crucial signals to possible ally Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the Centre is likely to review backward criteria for states which will meet the demands of Bihar, according to sources. Sources said a...
10:42 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister and the Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia to discuss granting of special status to Bihar. Nitish said the meeting with the Prime Minister has given him a hope that the issue would be taken up at a higher level. ...
06:22 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia on special status for Bihar on Monday. ...
01:22 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday. He will discuss Bihar's fight for special status with the Centre. ...
08:48 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has made a pitch for the national stage ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections with a massive rally in the national capital on Sunday. Nitish made an attempt to pitch his growth model against Narendra Modi's Gujarat model. ...
08:25 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla on Sunday said that the government has always provided adequate help to the state in need and would do maximum for the upliftment of the people of Bihar. ...
06:40 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Signalling his intentions of playing a bigger role in national politics, Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar on Sunday addressed a huge rally at New Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on Sunday and declared that his fight for a special status to the state would continue till the Centre accepted it. ...
06:19 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Commenting at Nitish Kumar's Adhikar rally in New Delhi, BJP slammed the Congress for not doing much to improve backwards states. "Backward states should stop expecting anything from Congress. When BJP-led NDA will come to power, we will take care of everyone. Congress will do nothing for them," said BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain. ...
05:12 PM, Mar 17, 2013
In his first foray into national politics, Bihar Chief Minsiter Nitish Kumar came up with a powerful political statement at the Adhikar rally in Ramlila Maidan in the capital. He admitted that while Finance Minister P Chidambaram's Budget 2013 had showed concern for Bihar, the state had largely been treated unfairly by the Centre. ...
02:02 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Congress in Bihar on Jaunary 3 accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of "not being serious" to acquire special category status for the state as he is not calling an all-party meeting to press for the demand before the centre. ...
06:24 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Patna: Speaking at a massive rally here, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said the Centre was discriminating against his state by denying the special status for which he had made repeated pleas and promised to fight till it was granted. Flanked by JD(U) national president Sharad Yadav, Kumar told the 'Adhikar' rally, at the culmination of months-long "Adhikar Yatras", at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna that the...
04:26 AM, Nov 05, 2012
Patna: Opposition RJD and Congress on Sunday described the 'Adhikar Rally' as "flop show" of ruling JD(U) and alleged that the state machinery was used on a large scale. "Considering the thin size of the crowd at the 'Adhikar Rally' it can be termed as a flop show of the ruling JD(U)," state RJD President Ramchandra Purve said. Flanked by RJD MP Ramkripal Yadav, Purve said common people had rejected...
01:31 AM, Nov 05, 2012
Patna: Two persons have died and 20 others were injured in road accidents in Bihar while coming for the JD(U)'s "Adhikar rally" here on Sunday, police said. One person died in Samastipur when the minibus in which he was coming to Patna for the rally overturned near Rajdhani chowk under Tazpur police station. He died on way to Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), police said. Eight others on board...
05:13 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Patna: The Nitish Kumar government on Sunday made a massive show of strength with its much-anticipated Adhikar rally at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna. The CM slammed the Centre for not honouring Bihar's repeated requests for the grant of special status. The Sunday's rally was touted by opponents as a muscle-flexing exercise for the Janata Dal (United) leader ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Nitish also announced that he...
04:01 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Patna: 2.30 pm: Opposition leader and former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad slams the rally as a political gimmick, says it is not the Centre that grants special status but the CMs of all states. 2.09 pm: Nitish Kumar says the Janata Dal United will organise a Adhikar rally in Delhi's Ramlila ground in March 2013. 1.30 pm: Nitish Kumar addresses crowds, says PM refused each time the Bihar government raised...
11:55 AM, Nov 04, 2012
Patna: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP leaders will arrive in Patna on Sunday even as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar plans a mega Adhikar rally to demand special status for the state. Modi is expected to pay condolence to veteran BJP leader Kailashpati Mishra, who died on Saturday after prolonged illness, party sources said in Patna. "Narendra Modi telephoned me to say that he will be coming to...
09:36 AM, Nov 04, 2012
Patna: It's the mother of all rallies in Bihar. The Adhikar rally by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday will seek special status for the state. And the government has left no stone unturned in ensuring its success, spending a humongous Rs 50 crore on it. Although Janata Dal (United) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are in power jointly in the state, the rally is a Nitish show all...
06:34 AM, Nov 04, 2012
Patna: The opposition on Monday slammed the ruling JD(U) after a jailed former MLA allegedly called up an engineering college director demanding Rs two crore, while Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said action would be taken. After meeting the director, RJD president Lalu Prasad said "this is the true face of the rule of the NDA" of which the JD(U) is the senior partner in Bihar. "Chief Minister Nitish Kumar time...
06:50 PM, Oct 29, 2012
