Bihar elections: Tejashwi announces government job for every household within 20 months in big poll promise

In a major poll promise which may prove a game-changer for the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday announced that one person from every household in Bihar without a government job will be given if the Mahagathbandhan is voted to power in the assembly elections next month.

Addressing a press conference in Patna, Yadav announced that a new law guaranteeing employment would be introduced within 20 days of forming the government. He further stated that the scheme would be fully implemented across the state within 20 months of taking office.

"We will ensure that every household will have a person with a government job after our government comes to power. We will make a new act for it within 20 days of forming the



government, and in 20 months, not a single house will be without a government job,” Yadav said.

The Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly said his promise was backed by data. "This is my pledge. This can be done. This is no jumlebaazi," he stated.

He added that the people of Bihar are seeking change this time. “Along with social justice, we will also ensure economic justice for the people of Bihar. This can be achieved; it only requires determination. They have copied our announcements,” he said.

The announcement comes ahead of the Bihar assembly elections in November. The 243-seat assembly will go to polls in two phases on November 6 and 11. The counting of votes will be done on November 14.