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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar connected Tuesday (October 21, 2025) charged his arch-rival Lalu Prasad with doing "nothing for women" portion successful power, and propping up woman Rabri Devi erstwhile the complaint expanse successful the fodder scam caused him to measurement down.
The JD(U) president, who is seeking a grounds 5th consecutive word successful office, was addressing his maiden predetermination rally successful Minapur constituency of Muzaffarpur district, wherever helium besides said helium was disillusioned with the RJD, headed by Prasad, aft 2 short-lived alliances, and vowed to stay with the NDA.
Speaking astir his government's thrust successful women's empowerment, arsenic witnessed successful the enactment of self-help groups connected a ample standard and the precocious launched Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana, arsenic portion of which ₹10,000 each person been transferred into accounts of much than 1 crore beneficiaries, Kumar drew a opposition with the erstwhile regime.
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"Did the ones successful powerfulness bash thing for women? They could not person cared less. Only when, aft 7 years of main ministership, a concern came wherever stepping down could not person been avoided, the woman was installed," said Mr. Kumar, without mentioning his detractors by name.
Mr. Prasad, who became the Bihar main curate successful 1990, occupied the station till 1997 erstwhile his wife, a homemaker who was till past not known to person an aptitude for politics, was appointed to the apical post, successful a determination that had triggered a monolithic contention successful those days.
Mr. Kumar, who, successful confederation with the BJP, defeated the RJD successful 2005, besides recalled his alliances with his arch-rival's party, archetypal successful 2015 and past again successful 2022, some of which lasted for little than 2 years.
Mr. Prasad's lad and heir evident Tejashwi Yadav, who is presently the person of the absorption and the NDA's main challenger, had served arsenic the lawman CM connected some occasions.
Mr. Kumar said, "Because of circumstances, I had to necktie up with those people, but it did not instrumentality maine agelong to realise that they were bully for nothing. Now I americium backmost (in NDA) for good." Mr. Kumar besides spoke astatine magnitude astir efforts made by his authorities to amended infrastructure, acquisition and healthcare successful the state, portion lauding the Narendra Modi authorities astatine the Centre for its cooperation.
He besides underscored that "an ambiance of terror" had prevailed successful Bihar, due to the fact that of mediocre instrumentality and bid and alleged patronage to criminals by the powers that be, until helium took over.
"But now, it is for each to spot however overmuch things person changed. Even disputes betwixt Hindus and Muslims person travel down due to the fact that we were delicate to needs similar fencing of spiritual places of some faiths", said Mr. Kumar.
