Why hasn't Bihar been granted special category status: Cong to PM Modi

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bihar the Congress on Wednesday attacked him and asked why hasnt the state been granted special category status as promised by him The opposition party also asked why Patna University has been denied central university statusAs the onethird Pradhan Mantri visits Bihar to inaugurate Nalanda University some questions from the campaign that we hope he answers now Why hasnt Bihar been granted Special Category Status as the PM had promised Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a post on XIn 2014 when campaigning for his current position Mr Modi effectively promised special category status for Bihar As per the Centres own Multidimensional Poverty Index MPI Report Bihar ranks as the poorest state in India and 5237 of the states population lacks access to requisite health education and living standards he saidIn 2013 the Raghuram Rajan Committee recommended a new methodology for devolving funds that is based on a multidimensional index to account for a states economic backwardness Ramesh pointed outTen years later what is the Government waiting for he askedWhy has the onethird Pradhan Mantri forgotten the people of Bihar After 10 years in power at the Centre and almost 20 years in power in Bihar why has the Government failed to deliver Special Category Status in the state he saidRamesh further asked why has Patna University been denied central university statusIn 2017 Mr Modi flatout denied Nitish Kumars request to give Patna University Central University status This has been a longstanding demand of the people of Bihar because students from modest backgrounds are currently forced to leave the state for quality higher education the Congress leader saidMany poor families are not able to afford this either Central university status for Patna University would change the lives of thousands of students Why then has the nonbiological Prime Minister so callously ignored the plight of Bihars youth Ramesh saidHe also asked whether the NEETUG 2024 Paper was leaked The countrywide NEETUG 2024 exam has been plagued with several inconsistencies and even as students and families have been protesting for several days now the onethird Pradhan Mantri has been silent on the issue Among these several issues is that of the paper leak for which an investigation is currently ongoing Ramesh saidAt the least can the PM at least confirm or deny the leak and promise students that corrective action will be taken he saidRamesh also asked will the Bihta airport ever be built Eight years after it was approved in 2016 there is no sign that the Bihta airport located about 30 km west of Patna will ever be built States like Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh have received plenty of airports under the UDAN scheme but Bihar has been left behind he saidPhase I of construction was supposed to begin in October 2017 and be completed in two years time he saidThe timeline was then revised for construction to start in 2018 and be completed by 2021 Ramesh saidAlthough the state government transferred the required land to the Centre by 2018 only a boundary wall has been built to date Can the onethird Pradhan Mantri explain why Bihar has been neglected under the UDAN scheme Will the Bihta airport ever be built Ramesh saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever