Bihar got more than expectation from Union budget : Nitish

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Patna : Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on February 5, 2018, said that the state got more than expectation from the Union budget in terms of share in tax revenue.
Talking to mediapersons here, the CM also said he stood by the demand for grant of special status to Bihar though it was ‘not proper’ to expect that it would have been granted as a consequence of his party JD(U)’s tie-up with the BJP, which is in power at the Centre.
“It would wrong to say that Bihar has been ignored in the Union Budget. The state’s share in tax revenue has been put at Rs 76,000 crore. Our own expectation was much less than that. The decision (for the political realignment) was taken in the interests of Bihar,” Nitish said.

He was replying to a query about the RJD and other opposition parties’ allegation that Bihar got a raw deal in the Union Budget even as Nitish joined hands with the BJP dumping its pre-poll allies.
Nitish said that concerns of the state government have been duly heeded by the Centre whenever meetings have been held with the Union ministers concerned .