UPA to benefit if Bihar gets special state status: Nitish

August 07, 2013 22:04

Narendra Modi won't be an issue in Bihar in the next Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said while refusing to be drawn into a discussion on Gujarat versus Bihar models of development.

Kumar, whose party walked out of the NDA in June breaking a 17-year-old alliance with BJP, also said the UPA stands to benefit if the Centre grants special state status to Bihar. He, however, evaded a direct question on whether his party will support a Congress-led government from outside in2014 saying it was "hypothetical".

"We never discuss persons. But the one whom you are referring to will not be an issue in Bihar. In Bihar, the issues during the elections will be development... You will be relieved when the results are out," he said in reply to a question on Modi factor in the next Lok Sabha polls.

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