Union Minister Lalan Slams Tejashwi Yadav for Claiming Credit for Job Creation in Bihar

Patna: Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh ‘Lalan’ on Tuesday dismissed RJD leer Tejashwi Yav's claim that his tenure as Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar was marked by creation of jobs on a massive scale. senior JD(U) leer also challenged Yav to come up with statistics on employment generation during 15 years his parents, Lalu Pras and Rabri Devi, ruled state.

"Bihar is witnessing rapid economic growth because of combined efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar . This has also given a boost to job creation,” Lalan told reporters.

He was speaking on sidelines of ‘Rozgar Mela’ during which PM gave away appointment letters to 51,000 aspirants across country, 217 of whom were from Bihar.

Union minister ded that " double engine government's achievements in Bihar are more than twice of previous regime for same period. We believe in solid action and not empty talk".

former Bihar minister, who is a close aide of CM, bristled when his attention was drawn to repeated claims of Yav that it was because of his initiative that lakhs of people got recruited in government departments.

"He (Tejashwi) was a child when his parents were ruling state. He should try finding out how many people got jobs during that period. He will not be able to make his findings public out of embarrassment,” claimed Lalan.

JD(U) leer also underscored that while recruitments were taking place in various departments, Nitish Kumar government was also working to ensure rapid economic growth.

"This would fuel job creation... re must be a conducive atmosphere for startups, MSMEs and or s of enterprises,” said Lalan.

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