patna cm nitish kumar on wednesday asked politicians to rise above political considerations and work for the betterment of the state while making a fresh pitch for granting special category status to bihar which still lags behind others on development frontinaugurating the 111th foundation day celebrations of bihar at gandhi maidan nitish said bihar must be granted special category status it will grow fast if it gets this special status we have been demanding it for so long stating that his party even held rallies at the same place in support of this demand nitish said thik hai abhi tak nahi mila lekin agar mil jayega to bihar kitna aage badhega well this status hasnt been granted so far but in the event of this facility being granted the state will grow fast he said the per capita income in bihar is only rs64383 against the national average of rs 150 lakh people from across the parties are present here they all must get united over the issue of states development nitish saidmore policewomen in bihar than in any other state cmnitish mentioned how his grand alliance government was conducting castebased survey after the centre rejecting their demand now we are conducting a castebased survey at our own level which will not only enumerate the current population of various castes but will also find out their economic status based on the survey we can formulate policy for their upliftment he said asking the masses not to indulge in conflicts and live with peace and harmony he asserted bihar holds the special feature of keeping everyone together highlighting how he worked for women empowerment nitish reiterated granting reservations to women in panchayati raj urban bodies police and government jobs currently the number of women in the police department is 29175 which is more than any other states he exclaimed