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Mumbai: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday
said that he would like to see Maharashtra Day celebrated in Bihar
in the same way as Bihar Day is being celebrated in Mumbai.
While addressing a crowd here late Sunday, Nitish Kumar thanked
the Maharashtra government for a well-organised cultural
celebration of Bihar Day in Mumbai.
"The people of Bihar have always been treated with respect in
Maharashtra. This festival has been organised to strengthen the
ties between the people of Maharashtra and Bihar," he said.
The celebrations started with the singing of 'Jai Jai Maharashtra
Majha', a popular Marathi language song praising Maharashtra.
Kickstarting his speech in Marathi, Nitish Kumar praised
Maharashtra and said: "Marathi is a sweet language and I would
like to learn it."
"I will take lessons for the same," he said as he spoke about his
affection towards Maharashtrian culture.
Nitish Kumar earlier met corporate leaders and urged them to take
advantage of the industrial policy announced by his government in
2011.
He said that the industrial policy announced by the Bihar
government focused on areas like agro-based industries, power,
food-processing, tourism, IT, technical and higher education,
super specialty hospitals, electronics, non-conventional sources
of energy and hardware.
Stating that Bihar was now a developed state, Nitish Kumar urged
the industry captains to invest in Bihar as it had
industry-friendly offers.
He arrived in Mumbai Saturday to take part in the centenary
celebrations of 'Bihar Diwas' in the city.
His visit had sparked a controversy last week as Maharashtra
Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray opposed it. Later, Thackeray
softened his stand saying he had no objection to a socio-cultural
celebration of Bihar Day.
Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray on the other hand derided his
nephew for opposing Nitish Kumar's Mumbai visit and then
backtracking. He termed Raj's flip-flop as an attempt to get
public attention.
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