The JD(U)’s support to the Narendra Modi government at the centre is important for its stability and the former is likely to extract the maximum possible financial package from the Centre. With the special assistance from the Centre, Nitish wants to implement various people-oriented schemes with accelerated pace before the state assembly election due next year, remarked political analyst Pramod Kumar.The Centre is expected to give something substantial to the state in the union budget but if it did not happen, it could even cast shadow on the relationship between BJP and JD(U), he added.JD(U) in its national executive meeting held on June 29 had unanimously passed a resolution, stating that Bihar would be put on high growth trajectory if it was accorded special category status.At that time, RJD had launched a blistering attack on JD (U), accusing it of climbing down from its earlier demand of special status to Bihar. Newly appointed JD(U) general secretary Manish Verma had said his party would persuade Centre to grant special status.
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