RANCHI(PTI): The movement fora separate Jharkhand state has “slipped into the hands of extremists,” Bihar chief minister Lalloo Prasad Yadav said.
The current agitation is for the Creation of a separate state carved out of 22 tribal dominated districts of four cast Indian
States: Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Orissa.
Creation of a separate state, would hinder the pace of ongoing developmental works in the region.” Shar khan disease of gold with coal and minerals in abundance and any such action will be a stumbling block.”
Article extracted from this publication >> April 30, 1993