‘Big Ticket Investment’ will come only after Bihar gets special status: Nitish

As Bihar heads for assembly polls later this year, the debate has once again veered round to the state’s dubious record as a crime haven, with opposition political parties stepping up their tirade against the ruling Janata Dal (United) for an allegedly deteriorating law and order situation. “We will continue to fight for the rights of Bihar“, he said.

In an effort to spice up the state’s power sector, Bihar cabinet on Sunday accredited sixteen schemes aimed toward making certain electrical energy provide in rural areas, renovation and enlargement of thermal power stations and higher management of power grids. It’s a phenomenon that may partially be because of increased reporting, but many state police officers complain of a rise in political interference in law enforcement that may have helped embolden criminals.

Meanwhile, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, slamming all claims of the chief minister, on Sunday said, “We want Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lead Bihar towards development as the current state government has failed and taking a leap towards it, the Prime Minister has given a package of Rs 1.25 lakh crore to the state but chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is doing politics on it. They will get befitting reply by voters in the Assembly elections”. “No work is being done by the Centre and the people are suffering”, Kumar told the media here. Later, the JD-U became an ally of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and shared power in the A.B. Vajpayee government at the Centre. They don’t have any better issue to flag.

“All non-electrified diara villages from Buxar to Bhagalpur and also of Gandak and other river basins would be electrified later”, Rudy said. Such a well-calculated move has silenced Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad Yadav and a fringe player called Congress who have joined hands in a desperate attempt to check the saffron surge in the State.

But social scientist Shaibal Gupta felt that despite Lalu Prasad “reinventing himself”, it was unlikely that Bihar will turn into a lawless state. The crowd in his programmes is an indication that Muslims have got disenchanted with Lalu and Nitish.

“The problem is that Bihar never had a functioning state structure”.

He talked about his dream that the young generation does not have to leave the state in search of employment.