Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday reiterated the demand for a special status to Bihar, citing the pace of development recorded by the state in the recent years. Issuing an ultimatum to the Centre, Kumar said that he would launch a campaign for the status and if the Centre did not support then it meant that they were against Bihar's development.
Addressing the Chief Minister Entrepreneur Scheme program at Bapu Auditorium in Patna, Kumar said that they have been requesting the Centre to accord a special status to Bihar several times. "Many people need help. In order to cater to the needs of all these people we would take at least five years. So we want the Centre to accord us a special status so that the state can get uplifted in two years instead of five years," he said.
Kumar further said that there was a time when Bihar was ahead many other states and development had started from this state itself. But now the state is lagging behind others so there is a need for a special status to move ahead, he said adding that if the status was not given soon then a movement would be launched here. "If the Centre refrains from supporting our demand then it means that it is against Bihar's development," he added.
