Friendly Cong hails Nitish report card

Congress, which is supporting Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar from outside, today hailed the report card presented by him on the achievements of his government in 10 years under him.
"The state has witnessed all round development in the last 10 years," Bihar Congress President Ashok Choudhary said in a statement here.
Highlighting some of the achievements listed in Kumar's report, he said Bihar is the first state to provide 50 per cent reservation to women in panchayati raj bodies and urban civic bodies.
"Rule of law is existing and people are living in peace in the state," he said.

Choudhary said a lot of improvement had taken place in the field of education. Innovative schemes like providing free bicycles and uniforms to students have contributed a lot in toning it up.
Electricity had been provided in 38,000 villages, besides carrying out commendable works in the field of agriculture and to check corruption.
Congress also acknowledged Kumar's contribution in establishment of IIT and NIT in Bihar.
Chowdhary urged the chief minister to further speed up growth process in the state.