Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is in favour of the Food Security Bill proposed by the UPA II government 'in principle' but has said the Centre should bear the additional financial burden on account of it when it is implemented.        

Kumar, who was speaking to reporters after emerging from his weekly 'Janata Ke Darbar mein Mukhya Mantri' programme, said he favoured the bill as it would provide legal food security for the poor but should have the provision that the additional cost for its implementation would be borne by the Centre instead of being transferred to resource-hit states like Bihar.        

He dismissed speculations that the Food Security Bill would earn votes for Congress in the 2014 general elections as MNREGA did for the party in the 2009 polls.       

"The legislation is being brought by the Congress in the last year of UPA II ... It will not pay any political dividend to them (UPA) in the 2014 elections," he said.