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Nitish aims to provide 20 lakh jobs; Bihar Cabinet expansion on August 16

A day before his government’s cabinet expansion, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar while delivering Independence Day speech at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on Monday announced that his government aimed to create 20 lakh jobs---within and outside the government---in the state.

“We’re now together and our concept is that we should at least make it (jobs) to 10 lakh but we’ll arrange jobs and employment on such a scale within the government and outside it that it is to take up to 20 lakh”, announced Nitish Kumar while, looking up at his Deputy in the cabinet Tejashwi Yadav who too was sitting there during flag hoisting ceremony at Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan. Mr Kumar further said that he (Tejashwi Yadav) is expected to take Bihar to a new path of development and progress.

Earlier, it was RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav during state assembly election campaign in 2020, had promised people to provide 10 lakh jobs. When the mahagathbandhan government was recently formed in the state, after Mr Kumar dumped BJP and joined hands with the JD-led mahagathbandhan again, BJP leaders raised questions over providing 10 lakh jobs to unemployed youths of the state promised by Mr Yadav.

However, soon after Mr Kumar announced that his government aimed to provide 20 lakh jobs, Tejashwi Yadav tweeted in Hindi to thank Nitish Kumar for the “historic announcement”. “ Many thanks to respected chief minister Shri Nitish Kumar ji for the historic announcement from Gandhi Maidan of arranging 10 lakh jobs and other 10 lakh jobs in Bihar according to the expectations and dreams of the unemployed youth. You and I will take Bihar on the path of development and progress. It’s a pledge!”.

A day before his government’s cabinet expansion, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar while delivering Independence Day speech at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on Monday announced that his government aimed to create 20 lakh jobs---within and outside the government---in the state.

“We’re now together and our concept is that we should at least make it (jobs) to 10 lakh but we’ll arrange jobs and employment on such a scale within the government and outside it that it is to take up to 20 lakh”, announced Nitish Kumar while, looking up at his Deputy in the cabinet Tejashwi Yadav who too was sitting there during flag hoisting ceremony at Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan. Mr Kumar further said that he (Tejashwi Yadav) is expected to take Bihar to a new path of development and progress.

Earlier, it was RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav during state assembly election campaign in 2020, had promised people to provide 10 lakh jobs. When the mahagathbandhan government was recently formed in the state, after Mr Kumar dumped BJP and joined hands with the JD-led mahagathbandhan again, BJP leaders raised questions over providing 10 lakh jobs to unemployed youths of the state promised by Mr Yadav.

However, soon after Mr Kumar announced that his government aimed to provide 20 lakh jobs, Tejashwi Yadav tweeted in Hindi to thank Nitish Kumar for the “historic announcement”. “ Many thanks to respected chief minister Shri Nitish Kumar ji for the historic announcement from Gandhi Maidan of arranging 10 lakh jobs and other 10 lakh jobs in Bihar according to the expectations and dreams of the unemployed youth. You and I will take Bihar on the path of development and progress. It’s a pledge!”.