Injustice to Bihar, Nitish says of Dhaka pact

September 12, 2011 17:02

It is not just Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee who has a problem with the Teesta water-sharing treaty Prime Minister Manmohan Singh almost signed with Bangladesh last week. Her Bihar counterpart has joined in, too.

Nitish Kumar today demanded that the Centre review the Ganga water-sharing treaty with Bangladesh as "gross injustice" has been meted to Bihar in the treaty. "Though it is an international issue, but gross injustice has been meted out to the interests of Bihar while signing the Ganga Water Sharing Treaty with Bangladesh in," Kumar told reporters on the sidelines of his favourite Janata Darbar Programme.

Let's see what the central government has to say to that.

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