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Patna,(BiharTimes): A delegation of Janata Dal (United) led by its president called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday in New Delhi to submit signatures of 1.25 crore people of the state to press for the Special Category Status to Bihar.
The Prime Minister reportedly promised to bring forth the issue before the next meeting of the National Development Council (NDC).
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State party chief Vashisht Narayan Singh along with a busload of signatures reached Delhi on Wednesday after traversing through Bihar, UP and a part of Haryana covering a distance of over 1,000 km in 80 hours.
Reports from New Delhi said that the six-member delegation led by Janata Dal (United) national president Sharad Yadav met the PM at his office in South Block and submitted a memorandum in this regard.
Other four members of the delegation, apart from the national and state presidents, were Ram Sundar Das and Ranjan Prasad Yadav, leader and deputy leader of the party in Lok Sabha respectively, secretary general K C Tyagi and Rajya Sabha member R C P Singh, who was coordinator of the Signature Yatra for special status.
Reports also said that the delegation took the busload of signatures up to Mahavir Chowk in New Delhi, which is not far from South Block.
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