Bihar polls: Trade bodies favour yet another term for Nitish Kumar

Showing their preferences for the ruling NDA in Bihar, members of some trade bodies of the industrially backward state said that chief minister Nitish Kumar should be given another term for accomplishing "unfinished development task."

The improvement of law and order situation, besides infrastructure development such as construction and renovation of roads and bridges linking different parts of the state had created a conducive environment for the industrial growth of the state, chairman of Bihar Chamber of Commerce (BCC) PK Agrawal told PTI in Patna.

"The Nitish Kumar government has created a roadmap for the industrial growth of the state... a second innings to Kumar would enable him to take positive steps," Agarawal said.

Former president of Bihar Industries Association KPS Keshri said the businessmen of the state feel that the NDA should be given another chance as "we feel the five years rule of Nitish Kumar-led government was much better in comparison with erstwhile RJD and Congress regimes."

Bihar Industries Association vice-president Subhash Kumar Patwari said the atmosphere for industrial development had already been created and big investements were in the pipeline.

The industrialsits would set up their units in the state only when the power scenario would improve and this could happen when the Centre provided coal blocks to the investors interested in setting up power plants, Patwari said.