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Two months aft the Bihar Assembly election successful which the JD(U) got 85 seats retired of full 243, Bihar Chief Minister and enactment seasoned Nitish Kumar began a Samriddhi Yatra (journey for prosperity) from West Champaran territory connected Friday (January 16, 2026).
On Monday (January 19), Mr. Kumar was successful Sitamarhi and Sheohar districts wherever helium laid instauration stones for respective projects and reviewed others. He praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his assistance and enactment successful the maturation of the State.
“We are getting each afloat enactment from the Prime Minister for improvement and maturation of the State,” helium said successful Sheohar, wherever helium inaugurated 5 and laid instauration chromatic of 28 projects.
The yatra, the 16th undertaken by Mr. Kumar since the enactment of the NDA authorities successful 2005 successful the State, is slated to screen each 38 districts successful respective phases. It volition transverse implicit 9 districts successful the archetypal signifier and culminate successful Vaishali territory connected Saturday (January 24, 2026).
During his yatra, the JD(U) person is readying to reappraisal advancement connected 430 projects worthy ₹50,000 crore which helium had announced during his past Pragati Yatra undertaken from December 2024 to February 2025, up of the State Assembly predetermination successful November 2025.
Yatra schedule
Mr. Kumar is scheduled to sojourn Gopalganj connected Tuesday (January 20), Siwan connected Wednesday (January 21), and Saran territory connected Thursday (January 22). On Friday (January 23), helium volition beryllium successful Muzaffarpur district, earlier culminating the archetypal signifier of his yatra successful Vaishali territory the pursuing day. Earlier, helium had visited West and East Champaran districts wherever helium launched respective developmental projects and reviewed schemes initiated by the government.
During his East Champaran yatra, Mr. Kumar on with his 2 Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, had announced that a argumentation would soon beryllium brought by the authorities to “ban backstage signifier by authorities doctors”. But, the doctors’ organisations person urged the Chief Minister to consult with them earlier introducing specified a policy. The prohibition connected backstage signifier by authorities doctors was besides mentioned successful the Chief Minister’s ambitious Saat Nischay-3 (seven resolves-III) programme announced successful December 2025, aft the elections.
During his yatra, Mr. Kumar has besides been underlining his government’s resoluteness to boost employment successful the State. “We person already fulfilled our promise, made successful 2020, to supply 10 lakh authorities jobs and employment opportunities to the youth. We volition present guarantee employment for 1 crore youths implicit the adjacent 5 years. We volition besides restart closed sweetener mills. The authorities volition absorption connected the farming and commercialized of makhana [fox nut] and food successful the State,” Mr. Kumar announced.
The Chief Minister besides talked astir Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojna (MMRY) nether which ₹ 10,000 was fixed to women, particularly to Jeevika didis of self-help groups for self–employment up of the State Assembly poll. The project, popularly known arsenic Dus Hazari, is said to person played a large relation successful the ruling NDA alliance’s triumph successful the Assembly polls. “We’ll soon summation the fiscal assistance provided to the women who are doing good successful their ventures. The magnitude volition beryllium sent straight to their slope accounts,” said Mr. Kumar during his yatra successful West Champaran district. Several thousands of Jeevika didis were bussed to Bettiah successful the territory during the Samriddhi Yatra.
Taking a jibe astatine the Opposition, Mr. Kumar has been drafting comparisons betwixt the erstwhile Rashtriya Janata Dal authorities and the contiguous NDA government, peculiarly with respect to the authorities of the acquisition and wellness sectors, during his ongoing yatra.
Meanwhile, the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal person Tejashwi Yadav is besides said to beryllium embarking connected a yatra crossed the State aft January 25. The enactment had got lone 25 seats successful the past Assembly election.
