‘All Calls for Met’: From Makhana Board To IIT Enlargement, How Price range 2025 Validated Nitish Kumar’s Belief – News18
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Draped in a Madhubani saree, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s well-timed symbolism was past optics as she introduced a slew of initiatives for the poll-bound state
From Makhana Board to Kosi Canal, IIT enlargement to airport modernisation, Nirmala Sitharaman’s price range spanned each rural and concrete Bihar. (PTI)
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, draped in a Madhubani saree, didn’t simply current the Union Price range on Saturday however despatched a robust message to Bihar that’s going to polls this yr. The well-timed symbolism was onerous to overlook — a nod to Bihar’s wealthy cultural heritage and a gesture geared toward profitable the hearts of the folks and ally JD(U).
The assertion, nonetheless, was past optics. With a number of bulletins aligned with Bihar’s monetary and political pursuits, the BJP-led NDA has made its intent clear: Bihar issues, and so does Nitish Kumar.
The price range delivered on key calls for lengthy raised by the state, which included the Koshi Canal flood mitigation undertaking for Mithilanchal, a Makhana Board, a greenfield airport in Patna, and the enlargement of IIT Patna. All these steps are essential for the state’s development and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s electoral-political arithmetic forward of the essential state elections due this yr.
‘Landmark Day’ For Bihar
For the JD(U), the price range was extra than simply bulletins — it was political validation for Nitish Kumar’s determination to affix fingers with the BJP and grow to be a serious companion of NDA.
“The NDA authorities has lived as much as our expectations. All calls for have been met. It’s a landmark day for Bihar,” stated Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, senior chief and nationwide spokesperson of JD(U).
“It additionally reaffirms that our chief Nitish Kumar-ji’s assist for the NDA was legit and a strategic transfer within the bigger curiosity of Bihar,” he added.
For the social gathering in energy within the state, the bulletins made by the NDA authorities may even give a fillip to Nitish Kumar’s political credibility and assist counter the opposition narrative, stated a senior JDU Chief.
The Bihar Bounty
From Makhana Board to Kosi Canal, IIT enlargement to airport modernisation, the Narendra Modi authorities’s price range spanned each rural and concrete Bihar.
Price range 2025-26 delivered on long-pending calls for, guaranteeing that the messaging lined all sectors — farmers and the educated younger voters, villages and cities, growth works and politics.
For rural Bihar, the extra bulletins of economic assist for the Kosi Canal undertaking, an important initiative for Bihar’s Mithilanchal farmers throughout over 50,000 hectares of agricultural land, have been essentially the most essential of all, stated Ranjan. This may even seal Nitish Kumar’s dedication to boosting irrigation within the area.
To additional assist to the agri-economy, the federal government will arrange a Makhana Board, an industry-specific initiative to coach farmers, that can streamline manufacturing and join them to key authorities schemes. This can give entry to the worldwide market, stated one other senior chief.
On the similar time, for city and educated voters in Bihar, the price range brings enlargement of IIT-Patna and airport modernisation, signalling concentrate on increased schooling, tech-driven development, and improved connectivity. With the announcement of a greenfield airport deliberate for Patna, the state’s capital is now set to emerge as a key transport and financial hub.
With these bulletins, the NDA has checked off key calls for from Bihar, reinforcing its political and developmental dedication to the state forward of elections and reassuring Nitish Kumar about their coalition dedication
