Nitish calls Bihar bandh to protest Centre's 'betrayal'

February 21, 2014 21:30

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today gave a call for a statewide bandh on March 2, terming as 'betrayal' the UPA government's decision to grant special category status to Seemandhra while 'ignoring' a similar demand made by his government.

Kumar had at first called the strike on March 1 but later decided to defer it by a day to March 2.

Launching an attack on the Congress-led UPA government for according special category status to Seemandhra after the creation of Telangana while "ignoring" Bihar's plea, he told reporters, "this is the betrayal of Bihar and other backward states".

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