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JD-U manifesto promises to boost Bihar's economic growth

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Last updated on: October 19, 2010 00:36 IST
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Pledging to carrying forward development with justice, ruling Janata Dal-United in Bihar on Monday promised a slew of measures for minorities and upper caste people in its manifesto with thrust on further boosting the state's growth rate from 11.5 per cent 21 per cent.

Jointly releasing the party's manifesto at a press conference, JD-U national president Sharad Yadav and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said in the event of coming to power, the party would continue to exert pressure on Centre for according a special state status to Bihar, besides continuing its offensive to weed out corruption.

The manifesto promises a separate independent directorate under the minority welfare department for the schemes and programmes relating to welfare of minorities, besides maintaining pressure on the C entre for implementation of the recommendations of the Sachar Committee and Rangnath Mishra Commission for their welfare.

Stating that his party was always committed to ensuring justice to Dalit Muslims, chief minister said the party would build pressure on the Centre for raising the limit of reservation from existing 50 per cent for giving benefits of the reservations to Dalit Muslims and Christians by way of bringing suitable amendment to the Constitution.

Kumar said besides, a special component plan would also be evolved for the minorities on the pattern of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and banks would be asked to provide more facilities and loans for the self-employment of the community.

Kumar said in the event of win, his party would be carrying forward the process for setting up Aligarh Muslim University's Bihar branch.

In a bid to woo upper castes, Kumar said his party would work for forming a commission for providing justice to the poor among the upper castes people.

Besides, health, education and other social sectors, thrust would be laid for improving the power generation in Bihar and make sincere efforts for promoting tourism, increasing additional irrigation facilities, doubling agricultural production, introducing state food security mission for making available public distribution system facilities to cover all those 1.5 crore below poverty line households living below poverty line.

Kumar accused Congress-led United Progressive Alliace government of having blocked several proposals for investment worth around Rs 1.60 lakh crore in power and ethanol sectors and said on staging a comeback, the next government would mount pressure on the Centre for removing the restrictions on manufacturing ethanol through sugar cane juice and provision of coal linkages.

"It is unfortunate that the Centre has failed to discharge its responsibilities in arranging coal linkages for the proposed thermal power plants in Bihar," he alleged.

He said, "We will try to get the coal linkages from the Centre at all costs."

Thrust would also be laid on planning and development and it would be ensured that the present growth rate should increase by further ten per cent, chief minister said.

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