Pawar bitterly criticizes Nitish at foundation laying

Patna, (Bihar Times): Finally it is at the initiative of the Centre that the first step has been taken in the direction of sugar industry. On Tuesday the Union agriculture minister, Sharad Pawar, laid the foundation of Rs 800 crore sugar mill at Shariatpur village in East Champaran district. The mill, first to come up in the state after 1970, will be the biggest in the country to be set up by Ruia Group.

However, Pawar did not miss the opportunity to lambaste the state chief minister, Nitish Kumar, for demanding from the Centre Rs 20,000 crore for opening sugar mills. He said that he had set up 80 sugar mills during his life, but failed to understand why Nitish wants so much money to set up sugar mills. He said that he replied to the chief minister that he would give money at rate of four per cent interest. Pawar said that the tall promises of the Nitish government regarding the revival of the sugar mill was not evident anywhere in the state.

Coming to Bihar for the first time after the anti-North Indian agitation in his home state he said that the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leaders must not forget that Biharis have played a leading role in the making of modern Mumbai.

Railway minister Lalu Prasad joined Pawar in stating that the state chief minister only gives false assurances to the people. Only MoUs are signed but nothing comes out, he said. He once again blasted Nitish for sitting on the lap of the RSS and declared that Lal Krishna Advani would never become the Prime Minister of the country.

On the other hand Pawar was all praise for the railway minister, Lalu Yadav, minister of state for agriculture and local MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh, and the chairman of the Ruia Group for making efforts to uplift the condition of the farmers of the region.

Apart from sugar this Greenfield integrated sugar mill, named as Kamlapur Sugar Refinery Limited, will also manufacture 240 kilo litres of ethanol per day and co-generate 50 MW of power. This, incidentally, will be the first sugar mill of its kind in the country.

Pawar said Bihar was once the leading producer of sugar in the country. But in the past several decades many of them got sick and had to be shut down. Three of these mills are in East Champaran. Although several measures were taken to revive the sick sugar mills, the efforts failed to yield any result.

The Union agriculture minister assured farmers that like rabi crops, paddy producers would soon get remunerations which would be unprecedented.

The chairman of the Ruia Groups, Pawan Kumar Ruia, assured that the work to instal the sugar unit would start before August 1, 2008, and the entire unit would be set up by October 2009. The Ruia Group has acquired 100 acres of land from farmers and efforts are in the final stage to purchase another 85 acres at Shariatpur.

Ruia said that his dream of setting up a unit in Bihar, which incidentally is his birth place, has come true. He said that this would be the biggest sugar mill in the country and first of its kind.

I fail to understand why Sharad Pawar is criticizing Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. If he is so concerned about the development of Bihar, he should have come to Bihar 2 years back and laid the foundation of Sugar Mill.

Laloo Prasad Yadav got 15 years but he did not even provided basic level of Employment Opportunities to Youth of the State, lack of Employment Opportunities forced the youth to look for the same elsewhere in the country. Thanks to Raj Thakrey and NCP, we all know the plight of Bihari in Maharashtra.

Rishi Kant

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Mr. Pawar should understand that this is not the fight between IPL and ICL where he can dictat his own terms. He should have atleast basic courtesy to invite CM of a state where he was laying foundation for a sugar mill. I think he is in illusion and concieving achievement of IPL as achievement of his own agriculter ministery. I have not heard any positive or good steps taken by Pawar as agriculter minister. He should take some lessions from CM of Bihar.

The criticism of Sharad Pawar against honest C.M. of Bihar Nitish Kumar is very appalling. This type of politician always makes unscrupulous alliance and always wants to take political mileage. Every body now in Bihar is feeling a new lease of life from the corruption, kidnapping ,looting and jungle raj of Lalu-Rabri. Same time God has blessed Bihar with a C.M. like Nitish Kumar who is undoubtedly a very dear to people of Bihar, Lalu breed of politicians simply can't bear it. Nitish Kumar has done wonderful work within a short span of time Now this belief has changed that Bihar can't change. Thank you Nitish Jee. We love you, let these type of people bark you continue your wonderful work. People of Bihar are not blind, they know who is correct and who is wrong.

I really could not understand why Sharad Pawar is criticising Nitish govt.. Sharad Pawar never visited the state during Lalu-Rabri regime, why ? Now how can he compare ? If he would have visited he may not have said a single word against honest efforts of NDA govt.. Nitish govt is continuously requesting central govt for permission to setup sugar mills with ethanol production, but centre is not at all permitting. The total investment which has been held up is around Rs.20000 crores. Is it a small investment ? There are many private companies who are interested to invest but due to centre govt. non-coperation Bihar is not getting that investment.

Everybody in and outside Bihar is watching the work done by Nitish govt. in the last 2 years. I am in full praise of Nitish govt. for their splendid allround work in the state. Sharad Pawar should not criticize unnecessarily. As far as Lalu is concerned, if he was so intelligent, why he did not do any work although people of Bihar gave him 15 years to show his capabilities. What he did in 15 years ? He worked to bring the state backwards instead of any development. Now he is talking big and criticizing the govt. that is really working very honestly and people are now able to see the allround development in the state.