Tejashwi Yadav Says Will Give 10 Lakh Jobs Even If It Means Withholding Salaries Of CM, MLAs, Ministers

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav Monday said he will implement his poll promise of giving 10 lakh jobs even if that means withholding the salaries of the chief minister, ministers and MLAs.

Referring to the constant criticism his RJD has received over its performance during its 15-year rule between 1990-2005, he said some people are "stuck on the stale pages of history, but we care for Bihar’s future" and appealed to people to give him "one chance" to govern.

Speaking at on online event of his party, he questioned Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s assertion that he has provided six lakh jobs during his 15-year rule compared to RJD's 95,000.

"He (Nitish Kumar) keeps repeating he has given six lakh jobs during his 15-year rule. But he never says all these were contractual jobs, not permanent ones," Tejashwi told the 'Naukri Samwad' programme.

He has guaranteed that he would endorse 10 lakh positions in his absolute first bureau meeting on the off chance that he comes to control. 

Chief Minister Kumar and his appointee Sushil Kumar Modi have frequently addressed as to from where the cash for these numerous positions will come. 

Kumar had likewise said Monday that giving 10 lakh positions would bring about an extra yearly weight of Rs 1.44 lakh crore on the state exchequer and contemplated whether the RJD would hold other improvement works or postpone compensations of representatives to



execute this promise. 

Tejashwi reacted, saying he would get Rs 80,000 crore that stays "unused" from that state financial plan and would likewise pool in Rs 24,000-25,000 crore that the state gets from the Center under the Right to Education yet brings it back.

"Still if they (Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi) feel that we will need more money, we will withhold the salaries of the chief minister, ministers and MLAs," the Mahagathbandhans chief ministerial candidate asserted.

He also promised that education loans up to Rs 5 lakh would be waived off.

Tejashwi and his parents -- former chief ministers Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi -- have often been excoriated by the BJP and the JD(U) over their partys record on law and order, corruption and other parameters of social wellbeing of the state.

The 31-year-old former deputy chief minister has also been ridiculed by his rivals for "lack of experience".

Tejashwi Monday said nobody can raise a finger on his record and work as a deputy chief minister for 18 months.

"Those who are raising questions, please ask them how Tejashwis was works during those 18 months," he said.

"Some people are stuck on the stale pages of history, but we care for Bihar’s present and its future. We will definitely seek one chance from you (people). Vote for a Mahagathbandhan government rising above caste and religion," he said.