Tejashwi vows jobs, says BJP 'scared' of EBC Dy CM face

As campaigning gathers steam in poll-bound Bihar, the Grand Alliance's chief ministerial candidate and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday promised to enact a law within 20 days, if INDIA bloc gets to rule the state, to provide government jobs to every family.

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He said the recruitments would be completed in 20 months of coming to power, if the Assembly poll result favoured the Mahagathbandhan.

Addressing an election rally in Gogri in Khagaria district, Yadav said he was fighting the elections not just to form a government but to build the state.

"We need to make Bihar number one, for which there is a need to bring investment, promote education and ensure proper health facilities," he said.

Speaking to journalists in Patna, Tejashwi Yadav claimed the BJP was "scared" by the nomination of a leader belonging to the Extremely Backwards Classes (EBC) as the opposition coalition's deputy CM face for the Bihar polls.

The INDIA bloc has named Vikashsheel Insaan Party (VIP) founder Mukesh Sahani, an EBC leader, as its deputy CM candidate.

"The hatred of the BJP towards the EBC community has come out in the open. They are repeatedly questioning the nomination of Mukesh Sahani as our deputy CM candidate. Why is Amit Shah so frustrated by the nomination of an EBC leader as Bihar's Deputy CM candidate," asked Yadav, a leader of the RJD.

He claimed that BJP leaders, including Shah, who dub religious minorities as "infiltrators", are now raising concerns about why the INDIA bloc did not name a Muslim leader as its deputy CM face.

"The BJP, which has been repeatedly abusing religious minorities and threatening to send them to Pakistan, is now worried about their representation. We will soon address their concerns," he said.

"I have always maintained that this nation is for everyone. All the people of India, irrespective of their religion or caste, have contributed their bit to build this nation," he added.