The opportunist CM of Bihar, Nitish Kumar says that he would support only that political party at the centre which gives Bihar the status of a special state. This would be his only consideration for lending support.
I am not sure why does Bihar or for that matter any other state need a special status when India is a Union of states, all of them enjoying the same status and standing constitutionally. Of course in the time of need as in any calamity or general backwardness certain level of assistance can always be provided as a one-time measure.
Special status because Bihar has 40 Lok Sabha seats and that it can use them (which is a sizeable number as against 10 in Haryana) as a bargaining chip to garner more resources for the state?? Some use the gun (terrorism in J&K and North-East) to get more central funds and resources, some use Lok Sabha seat power, some use dynastic rule (Gandhi family), WHAT do others like Haryana do?
Does that mean all the states should have equal number of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seats (and voting power) irrespective of state population so that we do not incentivize certain states for having higher population numbers, poverty, militancy and other such evils????