Kumar is here to attend the meeting of National Development Council tomorrow where he is expected to raise the demand once again.
During the meeting with the Finance Minister, Kumar handed over to him a copy of the memorandum submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh earlier.
The meeting came on a day when Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said Bihar does not meet the existing criteria to be granted the status of a special category state.
"Bihar does not meet the existing criteria according to which a state is deemed eligible for a special category state. We do recognise that Bihar and some parts do have a special problem and as part of BGRF (Backward Regions Grant Fund) we have Bihar package," Ahluwalia told reporters here.
He was briefing the media on the eve of National Development Council meeting to be chaired by the Prime Minister.
Kumar had last week said he would articulate the demand for special status state for Bihar at the NDC meeting. (more)
