New Delhi [India] Advocate for special status for Bihar, Janata Dal-United (JDU) leader Ashok Chaudhary on Saturday claimed that party leaders including Nitish Kumar, Sanjay Jha and Lallan Singh, along with others , they would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. and file your claim.

"Special status and special package for Bihar are our old demands, and they are still there. Our leaders, Lallan Singh, Sanjay Jha, who are here in Rajya Sabha and party leaders in Lok Sabha, will meet the Prime Minister in the coming times and we will put forward his point firmly," Chaudhary said while speaking to reporters here in the national capital.

A meeting of the JD(U) National Executive, held here in the national capital, named party leader Sanjay Jha and Rajya Sabha MP as its working president. The key meeting also passed a resolution demanding special status for Bihar.

A special status for Bihar has been a long-pending demand of Bihar leaders, including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. They have cited the economic and social backwardness of the State.

The JD(U) leaders also demanded strict action against those responsible for the alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET)-UG 2024 exams.

NEET (UG) 2024 exam was conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on May 5, 2024, at 4,750 centers in 571 cities, including 14 overseas cities, and more than 23 lakh candidates appeared for the exam . An unprecedented 67 candidates achieved a perfect score of 720 out of 720 points, sparking widespread protests in the country.

For the NEET-UG and UGC-NET exams, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on June 23 registered a criminal case over alleged irregularities in the conduct of the exam by the NTA and formed special teams to investigate the matter.

Meanwhile, the JD(U) National Executive meeting was attended by party chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Union Minister Lallan Singh and Sanjay Jha, among others.