Special status for Bihar: BJP's 'rail roko' today

February 28, 2014 08:28

The BJP is all set to stage a rail roko stir to demand special status for Bihar.

Regretting that the agitation may cause inconvenience to the public, party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi urged the people of state against travelling by trains during the stir.

Modi also asked the railway authorities to stop all trains entering Bihar to the border areas as a precautionary measure.

The senior BJP leader also slammed the UPA government for ignoring Bihar's long pending demand for grant of special status, echoing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, as the latter took no time in giving similar incentive to Seemandhra after creation of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh last week,

Sushil Modi promised the BJP-led NDA under the leadership of Narendra Modi will provide special status and package to Bihar upon coming to power at the Centre.

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