He stated that if people from Bihar and Purvanchal stop working, Delhi will stop functioning.
“Many people feel that we are a liability, but we are not ...we work hard. If people from Bihar and Purvanchal stop working the who will work, who will make the flyovers and high rises. Delhi would not function if these people stop working.”
Noting that migration of people from Bihar to places like Punjab and Delhi has come down, he wondered as to where would people go who have already settled here.