Nitish attacks Centre on issue of special status to Bihar
24 Dec 2013 11:05 PM GMT
The JD(U) leader refused to comment on the possibility of Congress forging an alliance with RJD led by his bete noire Lalu Prasad, dismissing it as ‘their decision’ about which his party was not concerned.
‘It seemed for a while that the Centre was serious (about special status). It took some initiatives. It now seems to have developed cold feet. The issue is in cold storage. Elections are coming. It will be a big issue for us,’ Kumar said while addressing a conference – ‘Bihar Kal, Aaj aur Kal - Governance at the grassroots: A model for India’.
Turning philosophical, he quipped, ‘Waqt-waqt ki baat hai (It all depends on times). Time changes. The wheel of time rotates all the while. It favours somebody at one time, it favours somebody else at another time.’
Kumar had been consistently soft on Congress after he called off his party’s alliance with BJP over the elevation of Narendra Modi earlier this year.
Congress had dropped hints of courting JD(U) but lately it seems inclined to have a tie-up with RJD.
Asked by reporters if he was disappointed over a possible alliance between Congress and RJD, the chief minister said his party was never in talks with the former for any alliance.
‘This (tie-up with RJD) is their decision...There was never any talk between us....Bihar wants special status and it is our right. We will get it,’ he said.
In an apparent reference to Prasad, he said somebody after coming out of jail is behaving as if he was behind bars for participating in ‘freedom movement’.
Kumar launched an attack on the Gujarat chief minister, saying dreams are being sold to people that somebody with a magic wand will solve all problems facing the country.
‘It seemed for a while that the Centre was serious (about special status). It took some initiatives. It now seems to have developed cold feet. The issue is in cold storage. Elections are coming. It will be a big issue for us,’ Kumar said while addressing a conference – ‘Bihar Kal, Aaj aur Kal - Governance at the grassroots: A model for India’.
Turning philosophical, he quipped, ‘Waqt-waqt ki baat hai (It all depends on times). Time changes. The wheel of time rotates all the while. It favours somebody at one time, it favours somebody else at another time.’
Kumar had been consistently soft on Congress after he called off his party’s alliance with BJP over the elevation of Narendra Modi earlier this year.
Congress had dropped hints of courting JD(U) but lately it seems inclined to have a tie-up with RJD.
Asked by reporters if he was disappointed over a possible alliance between Congress and RJD, the chief minister said his party was never in talks with the former for any alliance.
‘This (tie-up with RJD) is their decision...There was never any talk between us....Bihar wants special status and it is our right. We will get it,’ he said.
In an apparent reference to Prasad, he said somebody after coming out of jail is behaving as if he was behind bars for participating in ‘freedom movement’.
Kumar launched an attack on the Gujarat chief minister, saying dreams are being sold to people that somebody with a magic wand will solve all problems facing the country.
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