Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bihar on Friday and said that the projects inaugurated by the PM are not being implemented properly. Jha further claimed that several schemes announced had already been started, but never implemented.
Jha said, “Today you (PM Modi) have laid the foundation stone of the same schemes that you have done twenty times, I can count everyone. It is not suitable for the post of Prime Minister. We said that Bihar should not become a state of labor supply.
Several leaders of the Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance (India), who tied up with the RJD for the upcoming Bihar elections, were also present in the briefing.
Jha raised important issues like demand for savings for Bihar, need to change the state’s economic image and lack of adequate funds for employment generation.
Jha said, “Honorable Prime Minister came on a two -day visit. What should I say? There is a distance of centuries in your arrival and going.
He said, “I said that do not ignore Bihar like 2015. Bihar does not like the attitude and the money is thrown, which has no reality, we do not like it.
Regarding reservation, Jha reiterated the demand for reservation limit to 65 percent. He said that the proposal was made when RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav was in an alliance with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
He said, “When Tejashwi (Yadav) was with Nitish Kumar in the grand alliance, we had asked to increase the amount of reservation to 65 percent. We know who did the proxy in the court, but we asked the Prime Minister to remove it from the court and put it in the ninth schedule, so that it is safe.”
Jha also insisted on the frequent demand for Bihar’s special status and alleged that the Center had ignored several letters sent by the opposition leaders.
Taking a dig at Prime Minister Modi, he said that initially he did not expect that he would talk about social justice, but hopefully he would change his views and listen to the opposition.
He said, “We did not expect a matter of social justice from a person who was inspired by Gowalkar’s ‘Bunch of Thoughts’, but we thought that the Prime Minister may have changed and maybe he would listen to us.”
