Tejasvi Surya slams Tejashwi Yadav and Rahul Gandhi over Bihar's poverty and youth migration

Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday launched a strong attack on Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing them of prioritising family wealth over the welfare of the state’s people.

“These leaders have nothing to do with the common people of Bihar. For decades, they have only concentrated on enhancing their personal wealth. Their politics revolves around protecting their family assets, not the future of Bihar's youth,” Surya told reporters at Patna airport.

Commenting on Yadav’s ongoing form-filling drive for the 'Mal Behin Maan Yojana', Surya dismissed it as a fraud. “These are nothing but fraud. I cannot use any other word. When they were in power, they did nothing for ordinary people. Now, being out of power, they are trying to mislead people through such gimmicks. I appeal to the people of Bihar to remain alert,” he said.

The BJP MP further alleged that Bihar’s persistent poverty and large-scale youth migration were rooted in the 15 years of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) rule. “Poverty exists in Bihar because of the bad governance of the RJD during its Jungie Raj. Even today, the reason why youths migrate from Bihar is the RJD's legacy of misrule,” he said.

Surya urged young voters to reject the RJD and Congress in the upcoming 2025 Assembly elections. “I appeal to the youth of Bihar with folded hands -- stay alert from these people. Tejashwi Yadav and Rahul Gandhi cannot make your future bright. They can only secure their own future, not yours,” he added.

Responding a day earlier, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav expressed anger over alleged threats to his party workers collecting forms under the 'Mal Behin Maan Yojana'. He accused the ruling government of targeting the campaign.

“We are a political party. Our workers are filling forms under the Mal Behin Maan Yojana. If this is illegal, then the government should give it in writing. Sometimes, ministers, sometimes Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary, are getting our workers jailed, and the administration is threatening people. This will not work,” Yadav said.

IANS