Patna, (Bihar Times): The Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar, once again accused the Centre of being partisan towards the state, as it did not provide adequate aid to overcome the devastation caused by Kosi floods.

Talking to reporters in New Delhi after his meeting with the Planning Commission deputy chairman, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, he said that the Centre had done great injustice to Bihar as it could not get the relief fund as per norms despite the Prime Minister himself declaring Kosi deluge a national calamity.

Nitish, who is cornered on the issue of flood relief and rehabilitation works by none else but his own party leader, Dr Jagannath Mishra and Dr Shambhu Srivastava, tried to put the ball in the court of the Centre. He said that the extent of injustice can be understood from the fact that the state could not get any help from the Central Relief Fund (CRF) too, which is meant for the entire country.
He said that the state had a negative balance of Rs 800 crore in CRF. Kumar maintained that relief should have been granted by now as rehabilitation and reconstruction package were needed. There are hardly five or six days left for the elections to be announced and the Model Code of Conduct will be applicable.

Reports said that the matter was pending with the Government of India’s high-level committee and there was no concrete proposal with the Planning Commission at the moment. He, however, stressed the state would seek its support and raise the issue during the full budget after the elections.

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