Nitish Kumar storms Power in New Delhi with his Adhikar Rally

He was not a Bihar CM, but a JD(U) leader campaigning for the Right of Bihar. Too much aggressive, rather exceptional one, Nitish Kumar ensured that his voice echoes repeatedly among the corridors of Power in New Delhi.

A very punctual Nitish, he started the rally sharp at 1 PM. He  was adamant about what he wanted or rather what Bihar wanted. Lets hear it from his own words.

“We are not begging for special status. It is our right. Don’t we have the right to progress?”

“Biharis are not Bhikaris. It is our right to move forward, to develop like the rest of the country,”

“If the Prime Minister and his government’s doesn’t act on what Chidambaram said during his budget speech, we have to take the battle to Delhi. The ones who will come to power in Delhi in 2014, will be the ones who address Bihar’s demands. No one can get ahead and run the country without taking care of Bihar’s needs”

“Look at our road map for agriculture, it’s better than any state’s”

“Why have people from Bihar been forced to come and work in Delhi?”

“Today’s rally has shown the strength of Biharis who have turned out in huge numbers to demand their right.The reason for the change in perception is because Bihar is now on the path of progress”

Nitish Kumar has been pitching for Special category for years and his demand was rejected by the UPA Government citing technicalities.

He left no room unexplored. “The policies that were framed, never helped us. There was no investment, no enterprise. What would children of our state do in such a situation? They had to move out of the state to look for jobs, to look for education.

“We are finally trying to mend things. The Centre should help us achieve our dreams,” says Nitish.

“Our income per person is way behind the national average. Be it roads, be it electricity, be it progress, we are lagging far behind the rest of the country. In such a situation, shouldn’t the Centre give us a special status? Isn’t it our right that we live and earn in our own state. The right of development and progress is as much ours as the rest of the country’s”