ANWARUL HODA / PATNA
The BJP today released its poll manifesto for Bihar elections promising 19 lakh jobs and free Covid vaccine in the state.
Senior BJP leader and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with other senior leaders released the poll manifesto in Patna. She said the party believes in fulfilling poll promises and the reflections have been made in the manifesto.
Ms Sitharaman said as soon as the COVID-19 vaccine will be available for production at a mass scale, every person in Bihar will get free vaccination.
She said 19 lakh job opportunities will be created in the health, education, agriculture , education and other sector.
The BJP’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ is the first to include a Covid-19 vaccine, which is still in the works.
She added, “GDP in Bihar has seen a sharp rise under NDA rule, it has grown from 3% to 11.3% in the state in the last 15 years of NDA government and not during the 15 years of jungle raj. It was made possible because our government gave priority to good governance for people.” Sitharaman appealed to all the people of the state to vote for NDA and make it win.
“Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Minister of Bihar for the next 5 years. Under his rule, Bihar will become a progressive & developed state of India,” she said.
BJP Selling ‘Fear of Disease & Death’ With Free Covid-19 Vaccine Promise: RJD
Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its free vaccine promise to the people of Bihar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) said that the saffron party was trying to sell the vaccine for collecting votes in the upcoming State Assembly Elections.
Attacking BJP over the move, RJD tweeted that Covid-19 vaccine belonged to the people of India and not to the BJP alone. Several other opposition leaders, including members of the Congress party, also slammed the BJP saying not just the people of Bihar but people of entire country should get free coronavirus vaccine
Earlier, former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad attacked his successor Nitish Kumar on Twitter today, accusing him of betraying the people of the state who gave him multiple chances. The attack came two days after Kumar mocked Tejashwi Yadavs promise of approving 10 lakh jobs if his party came to power, and asked will money for the purpose come from the jail or will it be done through fake notes.