Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday had a vague reaction to the Centre having denied special category status to the state. Kumar's remarks came when he was asked to react on the latest statement in Parliament by the Union government.
"You will gradually learn everything," replied the longest-serving Chief Minister of Bihar when journalists pursued him with queries on the Bihar Assembly. With his characteristic enigmatic smile, he was quick to enter the House, waving at the reporters, who were trying to decipher his elusive message.
After the Lok Sabha election in which the BJP failed to get a majority on its own and became increasingly dependent on allies, JD(U) called for a national executive meeting. What's there on the agenda - a resolution that special status be awarded to Bihar. Taking a jibe at leaders of his own party, which has two ministers in the Union, those in JD (U) claimed that it called for a "special package and other forms of assistance" as well, and felt that Bihar's hopes from the Modi regime were not yet entirely lost.
Whereas, opposition leaders in the state are of the view that Bihar has been cheated. RJD President Lalu Prasad, the arch political rival of Kumar, remarked that the JD(U) leader should resign. Incidentally, early this year, Kumar had quit the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan—Bihar's version of the INDIA bloc, which he initially helped constituting—to rejoin the BJP-led NDA.
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