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Politics Over Job Creation Intensifies in Bihar

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February 05, 2025

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar handed over appointment letters to 6837 candidates on Tuesday, including 6341 newly appointed junior engineers and 496 instructors in various departments of the state government.

- IMRAN MOJIB

Kumar has promised to provide government jobs to 12 lakh aspirants before the 2025 assembly elections. Out of which 9 lakh 13 thousand youths have been recruited so far, claimed the government.

Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary said that the Bihar government has been working sincerely on this front. He said that a total of 7 lakh 50 thousand aspirants were recruited during the first 15 years of Nitish Kumar's term from 2005 to 2020.

Kumar has been continuing to fulfill his promises and taken the number of total recruitment to 9 lakh 13 thousand.

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