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PATNA: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday expressed its willingness to toughen the state’s lengthy pending call for for particular standing and requested the ruling Janata Dal United (JD-U) to battle its ‘aar paar ki ladaee’ with the centre at the contentious factor.
RJD chief Shyam Rajak mentioned the RJD would lend its toughen to the JD-U on particular standing factor because it used to be required for the all spherical building of the state. “The centre must concede the call for within the better hobby of the folks of the state,” he mentioned.
Rajak’s remarks got here hours after JD-U Rajya Sabha member Vashishtha Narain Singh reiterated the particular standing call for. Singh mentioned, “Particular standing is the best of the folks of the state. It must be given because the state fulfilled many of the standards set for the aim.”
To power house his level, he cited the new file of the Niti Aayog, which positioned Bihar a few of the poorest states within the nation. “The centre must believe the lengthy pending call for within the hobby of the folks of the state,” the JD-U former state leader mentioned.
Previous, JD-U nationwide president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh had suggested the Top Minister Narendra Modi to believe the call for. The chairman of JD-U parliamentary board Upendra Kushwaha even threatened to release agitation if the call for used to be now not met.
The call for for particular standing is gaining momentum at a time in Bihar when its neighbouring state Uttar Pradesh goes to polls in April-Might this 12 months. Additionally, a confrontation between some BJP leaders and HAM leader Jitan Ram Manjhi has resulted in bitterness a few of the two NDA allies.
The BJP leaders from the state have vehementally adversarial the call for for particular standing and mentioned that the state used to be getting extra monetary the aid of the centre beneath particular bundle. Therefore the call for for particular standing for Bihar is unlawful, the BJP leaders mentioned.
Senior BJP leaders, together with deputy leader minister Renu Devi and labour sources division minister Jibesh Kumar overtly disagreed to the JD-U’s call for for particular standing to Bihar.
The RJD’s announcement to lend its toughen might create recent hassle for the BJP, which has been left remoted at the factor of particular standing.