Patna,(BiharTimes): Following threat from the Congress of withdrawing support to his government the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday dared that if the party wants it can go on with its warning.
Talking to the media at the Patna airport after returning from Kishanganj, where he shared dais with the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, he said that if the Congress wants it can withdraw support to his government but he would never make compromise with principles. But he did not explain as to what principles he is talking about.

The media incharge of the Bihar Congress, Prem Chand Mishra, had on Wednesday asked the chief minister to apologize for deliberately creacting confusion and spreading canards over the invitation to the AMU function. He also came down heavily on Nitish for calling the Congress a ‘dangai’ party and for criticism of the party vice president Rahul Gandhi.

Mishra lambasted Nitish for abusing Congress leaders and even reminded that it was the Congress which lent support to the Janata Dal (United) government when it was reduced to the minority after the split with the BJP on June 16 last.

Reacting to the warning Nitish asked the Congress to withdraw. It was only on Wednesday––and a day earlier too––that Nitish blamed the Congress for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi and 1989 infamous Bhangalpur riots. Nitish said so on Wednesday while addressing a Sankalp rally at Rajaun (now in Banka district). It was earlier part of undivided Bhagalpur district and was badly affected by 1989 riots. He also held the BJP responsible for the 2002 Gujarat bloodbath.

However, on Thursday Nitish said if the Congress wants he can call a special Assembly session to help the Congress, RJD and BJP topple his government.

The Bihar chief minister also came down heavily on the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi who said in Kishanganj that the Centre had provided Rs 134 lakh crore to the state in the last 10 years for development.

He said that the state was getting its legitimate dues by way of Central funds on the basis of the Gadgil-Mukherjee formula and nothing extra was being given.

Nitish said talk of development has no meaning without grant of special category status to Bihar. He said there was clear provision of allocation of additional funds to the state in the Bihar Reorganisation Act which guided the bifurcation of Jharkhand from Bihar on November 15, 2000 and nothing additional was provided.

Ironically, the bifurcation of Bihar took place when the NDA government was in power at the Centre and Nitish Kumar himself was the Railway Minister.