"The Raghuram Rajan panel placing Jharkhand among the least developed states in the country has established that our ongoing agitation for special status to put the state's development on the fast track is justified," Mahto said here.
After organising a token hunger-strike at various places across the state, the Ajsu is on "Adhikar Yatra" now.
It has proposed to organise a 'human chain' from Hazaribagh's Barihi to East Singhbhum district's Barhagora on October 2 to press for its demand.
Jharkhand was placed fifth among the ten least developed states based on the new index of backwardness to determine which states require special assistance.
The panel ranked Odisha, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh as the most backward states in that order.