Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, December 13
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday regretted his deputy Ms Renu Devi has no knowledge on special status demand for Bihar.
He was reacting to the statement of Deputy Chief Minister today that there was no ground for getting special status to Bihar. She had claimed Bihar was getting more than the criteria fixed under special status.
On Saturday, Planning Minister Vijendra Prasad Yadav had written a letter to NITI Aayog claiming Bihar fulfilled all the criteria set for grant of special status. Yadav is from JDU and Renu Devi from BJP.
Renu Devi contradicted the claim of her cabinet colleague compelling Chief Minister to intervene today and reiterate his long-standing demand for special status to Bihar.
Nitish said, “Deputy Chief Minister does not know anything (deputy CM ko kuch bhi pata nahi hai). Nitish said he would seek an explanation from her.
Nitish expressed concern over rising cases of Corona in Patna and said in the last two days, many cases have been reported and figure was a cause of anxiety. In Patna, even entire families have been found Corona positive.
Chief minister said tests for Omicron would be conducted at Indira Gandhi institute of medical sciences here as at present, samples are sent outside the state and reports are delayed.
