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Patna, Oct 25 (IANS) Union MSME Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Tejashwi Yadav over his election promise of giving a government job to every family in Bihar, calling it “impractical” and “misleading”.
Speaking to reporters in Patna after returning from Delhi on Saturday evening, Manjhi said, “These people are promising whatever comes to their mind, but such things are not possible practically. People of Bihar know everything.”
Before the election campaign, Tejashwi Yadav promised that if his government is formed in Bihar, one member of every household will get a government job.
He also assured that Jeevika Didis – women self-help group members – would be made permanent and their salary would be fixed at Rs 30,000 per month and an additional Rs 2,000 for other allowances.
Manjhi further said, “Before 2005, when Tejashwi’s mother Rabri Devi and father Lalu Prasad Yadav were in power, there was no real progress in Bihar. There was an atmosphere of fear and terror. When his parents did nothing for Bihar, what will their son do now?”
The Union MSME Minister asserted that the people of Bihar have already made up their mind and predicted a clear victory for the NDA government on November 14.
Responding to RJD MLC Qari Sohaib’s recent statement that the RJD government will tear down all bills if it comes to power after November 14 this year, Manjhi commented, “We can also say that if our government comes, we will bring the moon to earth – but is it possible? No. Grand Alliance leaders are making similar unrealistic claims.”
On Tejashwi Yadav’s allegation that Bihar is being run by two Gujaratis, Manjhi dismissed it as an illusion.
“Nitish Kumar is running Bihar. There is no more capable chief minister than him. He has provided excellent governance for two decades – improving power, roads and law and order,” Manjhi said.
–IANS
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