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A time earlier polling for the archetypal signifier of Bihar Assembly polls, the Congress connected Wednesday (November 5, 2025) enactment retired 20 points connected what it called "deceptions, injustices, and neglect inflicted upon" the authorities by the BJP-JD(U) government, urging the voters to decision the NDA to extremity unemployment, migration, corruption, and "goonda raj".
Congress wide caput (communications) Jairam Ramesh alleged that the NDA has pushed Bihar's agleam aboriginal into acheronian for the involvement of its ain "power-hungry interests".
"Before the archetypal signifier of voting connected November 6 tomorrow, beryllium definite to instrumentality a look astatine these 20 points connected the deceptions, injustices, and neglect inflicted connected Bihar by the BJP-JD(U) authorities implicit the past 20 years," Mr. Ramesh said connected X, listing retired the 20 points.
He pointed retired that much than 10 recruitment and entranceway exams successful the authorities were leaked, with scandals erupting.
"The futures of lakhs of younker were ruined. When the younker took to the streets demanding justice, they were mercilessly beaten with batons," Mr. Ramesh said.
He besides cited a sting cognition to assertion that papers and degrees are sold successful Bihar for anyplace from ₹20 to ₹50 lakh.
"Due to the NDA government's failed economical and employment policies, crores of radical were forced to permission their homes and migrate to different states for labour work. According to the Modi government's ain e-Shram portal, 3 crore 18 lakh radical from Bihar are engaged successful labour successful different states," the Congress wide caput said.
Claiming that the BJP-JD(U) has turned Bihar into the country's poorest state, Mr. Ramesh cited the caste-based survey successful the authorities and said 64 per cent of the colonisation is surviving connected conscionable ₹67 a day, with the astir affected being the highly backward classes and Dalits.
"Industries and businesses person been devastated. Even those industrialists moving businesses connected their ain steam are present insecure. In the past 6 months, 11 industrialists person been murdered," Mr. Ramesh said.
In Bihar, "goonda raj" and the kidnapping manufacture are thriving — connected an average, 8 murders, 33 kidnappings, and 136 heinous crimes hap each day, helium claimed.
He besides pointed to the CAG exposing a "scam" worthy ₹70,000 crore.
In the past 3 years, 27 large bridges collapsed owed to corruption, helium said.
"The CAG study states that Bihar's wellness strategy is successful shambles—60% shortage of staff, 86% shortage of specializer doctors, 57% shortage of resources from territory hospitals to Primary Health Centre (PHCs), and a shortage of beds successful 93% of hospitals," the Congress person said.
"According to the NGT, contamination successful 'Ma Ganga' has accrued - retired of 13 sewage attraction plants, lone 7 are operational, and adjacent those are not up to modular levels," helium said.
Under the guise of intoxicant prohibition, an empire of amerciable liquor has been established, helium claimed, adding that from 2016 until now, 190 deaths from poisonous liquor person taken place, mostly successful Saran, Siwan, Gaya, Bhojpur, Buxar, and Gopalganj.
"The schoolhouse acquisition strategy has collapsed - dropout complaint of 26% (the highest successful the country), nary energy successful 1,16,529 schools, lone 1 teacher successful 2,637 schools, and not a azygous pupil successful 117 schools," Mr. Ramesh said.
He further claimed that higher acquisition is successful utter disarray, with a gross enrolment ratio of 17.1% (the lowest successful the country), and lone 7 colleges per lakh population, erstwhile the nationalist mean is 30.
"Farmers' incomes person wholly dried up — nary benefits nether the KUSUM scheme, and retired of Rs 3,980 crore successful the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, lone ₹915 crore has been spent," Mr. Ramesh said.
He further alleged that the daughters of Bihar person been trapped successful the web of microfinance loans with "recovery mafias' reign of terror" intensifying.
Mr. Ramesh besides alleged "massive scams" successful MGNREGA with the prevalence of fake attendance, fake photos, and payments successful the names of the deceased.
"The Srijan scam - nonstop loot of ₹1,000 crore. 1,000 acres of onshore fixed to Adani astatine the complaint of ₹1 per acre. Even successful nutritional meals, there's a scam - retired of 1,14,000 anganwadis, maturation monitoring machines are non-functional successful 50,000," helium claimed.
Mr. Ramesh alleged that corruption successful the authorities is astatine its highest and according to the Economic Offences Unit and Vigilance Department, determination are graft cases against 4,200 authorities officials, Mr. Ramesh said.
He urged the radical of Bihar to decision the BJP-JD(U).
"Unemployment, migration, corruption, and goonda raj volition extremity connected their own," Mr. Ramesh said.
The signifier is acceptable for the important archetypal signifier of the Assembly elections successful Bihar connected Thursday (November 6, 2025), arsenic 3.75 crore voters volition determine the electoral destiny of 1,314 candidates, including apical leaders specified arsenic the INDIA bloc's main ministerial look Tejashwi Yadav and Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary of the BJP.
Mr. Yadav aims astatine a hat-trick successful Raghopur, portion his main challenger, Satish Kumar of the BJP, had defeated his parent Rabri Devi successful 2010 portion contesting connected a JD(U) symbol.
The Bihar polls are being held successful 2 phases connected November 6 and 11, and results volition beryllium announced connected November 14.
The absorption INDIA bloc, which has the RJD, the Congress and the Left parties arsenic the main constituents, has declared RJD person Tejashwi Yadav its main ministerial candidate.
