Special status for Bihar ruled out by Centre

The Centre on Monday ruled out the possibility of grant of special category status to Bihar, prompting BJP's major ally JD (U) to downplay it by saying that they still wanted.

- Dheeraj Kumar

The status for the state but if it was 'technically' not possible, a special package was also acceptable. ᎡᎫᎠ promptly jumped at the opportunity to attack Nitish and demand his resignation from the post of chief minister for his failure to procure the special status.

Lalu told reporters, "Nitish Kumar had said he would ensure Bihar gets special status.