Tejashwi Yadav, the Rashtriya Janata Party leader and former Deputy CM of Bihar, criticised the budget presented by the Nitish Kumar government in the assembly. He said that the budget is Rs 3.17 lakh crore, but the revenue is not coming. He asked the government how it reached that much. He also called it an exaggerated budget.
Tejashwi said, "Budget jhooth ki syaahi se likha hua hai..." (The budget is written with the ink of lies). Tejashwi listed scores of issues to corner the government. He said that no stadium was built in any block in 10 years. Raking the issue of bridge collapses in Bihar, Tejashwi said that bridges and culverts keep collapsing. He said, "We are concerned about Bihar; these people are concerned about saving the government."
As this budget was the last before the assembly elections, Tejashwi said, "They are not the people who will come to power again." Tejashwi also said that he has been demanding 200 units of free electricity and Rs 2,500 for women under Mai Behan, but the government paid no heed.
Notably, Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary presented the state budget of Rs 3.17 lakh crore in the Bihar Assembly on Monday. While presenting the Budget, Choudhary said that a cancer care society would be set up. He also added that the government will open a cancer hospital in Begusarai, as the maximum number of cancer patients are from this district.
The BJP leader said the budget was based on the principle of ‘sabka saath sabka vikas’ of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the CM’s motto of ‘nyay ke saath vikas’. Chaudhary said that the state government will spend 60,954 crores on education, 20,335 on health, 16,193 on rural development and 13,483 crores for energy in the financial year 2025 and 2026.
The government will also set up 'Mahila Haat' in Patna, and 'Kanya Vivaah Mandap' will be formed in all the panchayats of the state.
