RJD, JDU, SP join hands to take on BJP

“We must unite and work for development,” said former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. The new alliance bows to protest against black money and fight for farmers, added Kumar.

The JD(U) leader further said all the parties unanimously authorised Mulayam Singh Yadav to give a new structure to the Samajwadi Janata Dal.

A crucial meeting was held at the residence of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav here on Thursday. Mulayam Singh, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, JDU president Sharad Yadav, party leaders Nitish Kumar and KC Tyagi, Janata Dal Secular leader and former prime minister HD Deve Gowda among others were present on the occasion. 

Earlier on Tuesday, Sharad Yadav had said, "We are trying to bring together people with similar ideologies in the proposed front. This third front will emerge as the voice of the middle-class."

Source: Chhattisgarh News in Hindi and MP News in Hindi

Bihar slumps on development indices: Sushil Modi

Development has been the biggest casualty in Bihar since the JD(U) terminated alliance with the BJP last year with the state slipping down by at least ten notches on various indices, he said in a statement.

Eye catching slogans like integrated development and good governance has become passe at a time when Bihar finds itself gripped by political instability with the JD(U) compelled to indulge in manipulation to ensure survival of its government by conveniently taking away focus from governance matters, the BJP leader said.
  
Quoting extensively from a media report compiled by two leading economists to rank top 20 states on different indices of development, Modi, a senior BJP leader in Bihar, said that Bihar has been ranked at 20th position on the basis of its performance on various indices in 2013-14 as against corresponding ranking of eleventh when his party was integral part of the erstwhile NDA government.
  
Bihar regrettably figures between 16th and 20th position of indices like agriculture, infrastructure, economy, investment, health, education, governance and consumer market, etc, as per the data compiled for 2013-14, he said.
  
The other indices like production of foodgrain, student-teacher ratio in schools, per capita expenditure and debt, child mortality rate, per capita deposit in banks, irrigable farmland, etc, also figured during ranking of the states, Modi, who held the post of deputy chief minister and finance minister in the erstwhile NDA government for eight years, said.

Source: MP News in Hindi and Chhattisgarh Hindi News