Describing the BJP-led Government’s move as "undemocratic" the Politburo said in a statement on December 24 the division of an existing State under the Indian Union was a serious matter and the BJP-led Government had shown contempt for the federal principle by the way the Bill was rushed through The Bihar State Assembly had rejected the proposal for the division of Bihar after the Bill was referred to it earlier It was shocking that the BJP-led Government pushed through a major constitutional Bill for its narrow political interests against the wishes of the elected legislature of Bihar .

The politburo regretted that some Left and democratic parties were willing to go along with this attack on the federal principle portending a serious threat to the powers of the States. The CPI(M) called upon the people of Bihar and all democratic-minded sections in the country to protest the introduction of the Bill in the Lok Sabha to divide Bihar