Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has accused Congress party of betraying Bihar on special category status.
Nitish has charged Congress with delaying decision on special category to Bihar in order to keep its ally Lalu happy in Bihar.
"The Congress is delaying decision on the Raghuram Rajan Committee report to keep its ally happy in Bihar as part of politics ahead of the next general elections (in 2014)," Nitish Kumar told newspersons here.
The committee identified Bihar as one of the "least developed". The state is set to receive more funds for development, even if not special category status, under a new criteria to measure backwardness.
