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Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections successful Bihar, Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav connected Saturday erstwhile again targeted Chief Minister Nitish Kumar implicit his property and health, portion reminding voters of payment schemes promised by the Opposition mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) for highly backward classes (EBCs) successful the election-bound State.
“Nitish Kumar is nary longer acceptable to tally Bihar. He has grown old. Bihar needs to make astatine a accelerated pace. We person to physique a caller Bihar,” Mr. Yadav said successful a clarion telephone astatine the Karpoori Ati Pichhda Adhikar Samvad (Karpoori Extremely Backward Rights Dialogue), held astatine the Veterinary College crushed successful Patna. According to the 2022 Bihar caste survey, the EBC colonisation stands astatine 36.01%, the highest among each caste groups and communities successful the State.
Accusing the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of exploiting the EBCs, Mr. Yadav said, “They [NDA] not lone utilized them [EBC] but cheated them arsenic specified a ballot bank,” vowing that nether an Rashtriya Janata Dal-led mahagathbandhan government, they would go a “power bank”. He asserted that alteration was “bound to happen” this clip successful Bihar.
Earlier, connected September 25, astatine a akin programme - Ati Pichhda Nyay Sankalp (Extremely Backward Justice Resolve) - successful Patna, Mr. Yadav had highlighted the Mai Bahin Maan Yojna (Mother-Sister Respect Scheme). “If we travel to power, this strategy volition beryllium launched crossed Bihar. This clip everyone wants change, and alteration volition happen,” helium said. The strategy promises monthly fiscal assistance of ₹2,500 to financially susceptible women if the mahagathbandhan comes to power.
He had besides attacked the NDA authorities arsenic a “nakalchi [copycat] authorities lacking vision” for announcing programmes earlier projected by his party.
On September 26, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the State-funded Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojna, nether which ₹10,000 was transferred straight into the slope accounts of 75 lakh women - amounting to ₹7,500 crore. Bihar has astir 4 crore women, of whom implicit 1 crore person registered nether the scheme.
Later the aforesaid day, Congress person and MP Priyanka Gandhi, addressing women astatine the enactment office successful Patna’s Sadaqat Ashram and astatine a nationalist gathering successful Motihari, East Champaran, announced that a mahagathbandhan government would supply 3-5 decimals of onshore successful their sanction to each landless women.
“Though it is retreating monsoon play successful Bihar, governmental parties successful the poll-bound State are raining sops for the voters. Let’s spot however overmuch dividend they get successful the elections retired of it,” quipped governmental expert N.K. Choudhary.
Meanwhile, recently appointed Bihar incharge of the Bharatiya Janata Party Dharmendra Pradhan, on with enactment leaders, launched a door-to-door run successful Patna connected Saturday to link straight with voters. Union Home Minister Amit Shah concluded his two-day sojourn to the State aft addressing a nationalist gathering astatine Forbesganj successful Seemanchal territory of Araria, wherever helium pledged to “oust each infiltrator” from Bihar. Araria, on with Kishanganj, Purnea and Katihar, has a sizeable Muslim population, which unneurotic accounts for astir 65% of the electorate successful the region.
