The BJP-JDU-led NDA in Bihar criticised RJD leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday over his fresh poll promises to Jeevika Didis and contractual workers, calling them hollow and misleading.

Earlier today (October 22), Tejashwi Yadav announced that Jeevika Didis, community mobilisers working under the state’s livelihood mission, would be made permanent government employees if the Mahagathbandhan forms the next government. He also promised to raise their monthly salary to Rs 30,000 and termed the NDA’s ‘Mai Bahin Maan Yojana’ a “pre-poll bribe”.

Addressing the media later in the day, former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad accused Tejashwi Yadav of misleading voters ahead of the assembly elections. “The people of Bihar have decided to ensure that t

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