Nitish Kumar skipped NITI Aayog meet over refusal of special category status to Bihar: CPI(ML) Liberation leader
The Hindu
Bihar CM skips NITI Aayog meeting over special package, sparking criticism from opposition leaders.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation [CPI(ML)L], a constituent of the INDIA bloc, claimed, that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar skipped the NITI Aayog meeting out of embarrassment over the Centre’s refusal to grant special category status to the State.
The party also slammed the National Democratic Alliance-led (NDA) Central government for "misleading" people over the special package and announced protest marches next month.
However, JD(U) leaders were tight-lipped over the absence of Nitish Kumar, the party president, at the NITI Aayog meeting held in Delhi on July 27.
The CM held a party meeting in Patna on July 27 to discuss preparations for Assembly polls in neighbouring Jharkhand.
Mehboob Alam, CPI(ML)L leader in the Bihar Assembly, said, “I must say that Kumar skipped the meeting out of embarrassment over the refusal of the Centre to grant special category status to Bihar.”
“He should have attended the crucial meeting… He has once again lost the opportunity to seek special category status for Bihar and inclusion of the State's amended reservation laws in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution,” he added.
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