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Nitish voices displeasure over Bihar 'not getting special status', takes veiled dig at PM Modi

18/01/2023 11:26 PM | Click to read full article

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took an indirect dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi while voicing displeasure over the Centre’s "refusal" to grant special category status to the state. In a free-wheeling conversation with journalists at Buxar district, which he toured as part of his state-wide mass outreach programme ‘Samadhan Yatra’, Kumar referred to Modi, as coming from "a rich state" while accusing the latter of "being oblivious of the needs of poor provinces".

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