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‘Double engine’ claim proved hollow in Bihar: Mallikarjun Kharge slams Nitish Kumar govt
Sep-24-2025

The Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha (RS) and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge criticized the NDA government in Bihar for the State’s ‘lagging’ economy, with an unemployment rate exceeding 15% and millions of youth migrating every year.

During the Congress Working Committee meeting in Patna, Mallikarjun Kharge said, ‘The BJP formed the NDA government in Bihar in January 2024 by re-supporting Nitish Kumar. The Nitish Kumar government promised development, but Bihar’s economy is lagging behind. The ‘double engine’ claim proved hollow, with no special package from the Centre’. He said that the unemployment rate in Bihar is above 15 per cent and every year lakhs of youths are forced to migrate. Kharge also highlighted that due to the recruitment scams youths are forced to come on streets to protest and then they are treated with lathis of the police.

The Congress President alleged that the Prime Minister had promised on numerous occasions to revive Bihar’s sugar industry. But even ten years later, his promise remains unfulfilled. He alleged that the BJP now considers Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a liability. 

The Leader of Opposition in the RS further pointed that 80 per cent of the Bihar population comprises of the OBC, EBC, SC and ST community and the people want transparency in caste census as well as in the reservation policies. He said the Congress Party and Rahul Gandhi have pressured the central government to conduct a caste census. A caste survey was also conducted in Bihar during the tenure of the Congress-led Grand Alliance government.

The Congress President also criticised the recent move by the UP-government’s move to ban on caste-based references in police records and at public places. He also noted that the most bizarre thing was done by the Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister, who considers himself the successor to the Prime Minister. Kharge also alleged that the government and administration of the state of Bihar have been on hiatus for a long time.


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