"Drama for their family's welfare," Bihar Deputy CM slams Tejashwi Yadav for demanding caste census
Patna: Bihar Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha on Monday slammed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav for allegedly doing "casteism" and said people will decide who will be the true servant of Bihar.
Sinha's response come after Tejashwi's demand of nationwide caste census and the inclusion of the 65 percent quota increase in Bihar in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.
"...The people will decide who will be the true servant of Bihar. Those who affect Bihar with casteism, do dirty caste politics, increase corruption in Bihar and encourage criminals, whether they travel or stay, the people know that they will only develop themselves. This drama is being created for the upliftment and welfare of their (Lalu Yadav's) family," said Vijay Kumar Sinha.
Meanwhile, Sinha counterpart and another Dy CM of Bihar Samrat Choudhary recalled 15 years of Lalu Yadav's regime in Bihar and alleged that not a single person is being given reservation.
"Lalu Yadav was in power for 15 years but he did not give reservation to even a single person. He only cares about reservation for the family. Lalu Yadav's family has never been concerned about the entire state," said Samrat Choudhary.
Earlier, Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi had posed a pointed question to RJD Tejashwi Yadav, asking why the latter's parents forgot to conduct it during their rule.
"Our question is that when his parents ruled Bihar for 15 years, why did they forget this at that time, or when he (Tejashwi Yadav) himself was the Deputy Chief Minister when he said that so many teachers have been recruited, did he forget it at that time? And today, when he is out of power, then he is remembering it," the Union Minister said.
Earlier on Sunday, the RJD the party organized a one-day dharna in all the district headquarters of the state on the issue of the caste census.
"After the reservation limit was raised to 65% during our 17 months of service, the party organized a one-day dharna in all the district headquarters of the state yesterday with the demands of including it in the 9th schedule of the constitution by the central government and conducting a caste census. We will force Prime Minister Narendra Modi to conduct caste census and we will ensure that it is done," Tejashwi Yadav said in his post on X.
