
NEW DELHI: Bihar state meeting on Tuesday witnessed a fiery showdown between chief minister Nitish Kumar and his former deputy Tejashwi Yadav over the state’s infrastructure. In the course of the ongoing funds session, the chief minister claimed that he “made RJD supremo Lalu Yadav what he turned” and invoked the previous data of the Rashtriya Janata Dal tenure from 1994 to 2005.
As Kumar was making his speech, Tejashwi interrupted him, over which Nitish stated, “What was there in Bihar earlier? It was me who made your (Tejashwi Yadav) father what he turned. Even the individuals out of your caste have been asking me why I used to be doing this, however I nonetheless supported him.”
“We got here right here on November 24, 2005. I need to say what sort of scenario was there at the moment. No one would exit within the night. No highway was there. I used to be a minister within the Centre, we needed to go to locations on foot. There was many confrontations in society,” he added.
Earlier throughout the session, chief of opposition in meeting Tejashwi took a dig at Nitish’s fixed criticism of the RJD authorities and stated that ” the world was created after 2005.”
“It was stated that there was one thing earlier than 2005. The world was created after 2005. We must always delve a bit into the small print and historical past. It was very essential to remind them once more that every one these members have been current, and it appeared that the BJP members have been current too,” Tejashwi stated.
“Vidhan Sabha is the temple of democracy. This present authorities is engaged in destroying democracy and the Structure. That is reality and isn’t hidden from anybody. I imagine that is the primary time when neither of the 2 Deputy CMs, go away CM, is right here when the LoP is talking. One should have the braveness to hearken to the reality.” he added.
Bihar authorities on Monday unveiled a Rs 3.17 lakh crore funds for the monetary yr 2025-26, marking a major 13.6 per cent enhance from the earlier yr’s Rs 2.79 lakh crore allocation.
This funds, offered by deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary, is the final funds by the ruling authorities earlier than the state goes to election on the yr finish..
The RJD chief stated the funds was “the misplaced alternative for BJP-led NDA to do one thing for the individuals as it isn’t going to return to energy”.
“We had requested the federal government to announce a month-to-month stipend of Rs 2,500 for girls, 200 items of free energy and another pro-people measures. They’d have gotten the credit score however they didn’t seize the chance. The RJD guarantees to provide these advantages to the individuals when it types the subsequent authorities,” Tejashwi stated.