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Centres negative response upsets Nitish

Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on "denial' of compensation promised by the Centre after the floods that affected 2.5 crore people last year. The relief work was executed with the State's own resources and it was expected that the Centre would provide assistance in due course. "Since the due assistance is being denied on wrong premises, it does not augur well for a healthy Centre-State relationship,' Mr. Kumar has said.