The Congress on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to respond on key issues his government should have focused on in Bihar, saying that while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has “excelled” in forcing its way into power , its governance leaves a lot to do. desired, news agency PTI reported.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh asked questions to the chief minister in Bihar ahead of his rally in Nawada.
“Today, the Prime Minister is heading to Nawada in Bihar, the state where the BJP orchestrated its latest government collapse. While they have excelled on their way to power, the BJP’s governance has left a lot to be desired,” Ramesh said. PTI reported.
I hoped the Prime Minister could answer three questions about the issues his government should have focused on.
When the chief minister visited Nawada before the 2014 elections, he raised the issue of Warisaliganj sugar mill and asked why it had remained missing for so many years, Ramesh said.
“This raised the hopes of thousands of locals as at its peak, the factory directly employed 1,200 workers and also supported hundreds of sugarcane farmers. Both BJP MPs from Nawada, Giriraj Singh (2014) and Chandan Singh (2019) also promised to start “Sugar Mills during his tenure. Ten years later, all those promises have remained empty,” he said, reported PTI.
When the prime minister visits Nawada this time, he must answer the people why the Warisaliganj sugar mill has remained missing for the last ten years, Ramesh asked.
“They could have changed the name of Race Course Road, but the BJP is still betting on horse-trading. Given the BJP’s lack of respect for the democratic values enshrined in our Constitution, no government has been safe from its political manipulations,” he alleged. PTI reported.
The Congress leader alleged that the BJP does not hesitate to topple governments or use its “bank of ill-gotten Electoral Bonds” to buy and sell MLAs in its desperate attempts to cling to power, “as was evident when Nitish Kumar once U-turned further”. earlier this year,” PTI reported.
“We now know that the electoral bond scam cost Indian citizens Rs 4 lakh crore; the question is how much did the change of government in Bihar cost the people of India,” he asked, PTI reported.
Ramesh claimed that the state of public education in Bihar has gone from bad to worse in recent years.
Thousands of retired university professors and employees are up in arms because their dues have not been paid, he said.
“Delays in the appointment of teachers have reduced the number of active teachers to an abysmal 35 per cent of the sanctioned number. More recently, guest teachers in Patna took to the streets to protest their abrupt dismissal, and instead of listening to their concerns, the BJP The government accused them of lathi-charge,” he said, PTI reported.
“As KB Sinha, working president of the Federation of University Teachers’ Associations of Bihar (FUTAB) said, “The problems of universities have been confounded due to the arbitrary actions of the education department, even for important festivals like Holi and Eid. , salary and pension remain stagnant for three months and no one seems to care. Does the Prime Minister have anything to say about the sorry state of education in Bihar?” Ramesh said, reported PTI.
What is the BJP government doing to ensure the livelihood of teachers in Bihar, he asked.
Ramesh urged PM Modi to break his silence on these issues.
(With input from PTI)