Nitish Kumar defends fresh pitch for special category status to Bihar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday defended his fresh pitch for special category status, stressing that in addition to own expenses, states were saddled with a sizeable share of cost of central schemes. Kumar said this at 'Bhim Sansad' here, a public meeting organised by the JD(U) on the occasion of Constitution Day, in the honour of Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar.
«We are followers of socialist icon Ram Manohar Lohia who had close ties with Ambedkar. Babasaheb and Lohia happen to be the five persons whom our party officially looks up to for inspiration, the other three being Mahatma Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan and (former Bihar CM) Karpoori Thakur», said Kumar, who also remarked, without taking any names, «those in power at the Centre now had played no role in the drafting of Constitution».
The longest serving CM of the state spoke about the various measures taken under his stewardship for the uplift of weaker sections of society, including the recent hike in reservations for SCs, STs, OBCs and extremely backward classes.
«We took the step after a caste survey which has brought to light that the state is home to 94 lakh poor families.
We intend to undertake many more measures for poverty alleviation a reason why I intend to launch a fresh campaign for special status», said Kumar, who has been raising the demand for nearly a decade.
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