{"id":328238,"date":"2020-11-01T06:21:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T06:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=328238"},"modified":"2020-11-01T06:21:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T06:21:39","slug":"bihar-elections-tejashwi-yadav-targets-pm-modi-poses-11-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/bihar-elections-tejashwi-yadav-targets-pm-modi-poses-11-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bihar elections: Tejashwi Yadav targets PM Modi, poses 11 questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/cms-chair-first-and-last-truth-for-him-tejashwi-yadavs-comment-on-nitish-kumar\/tejashwi-yadav-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-327728\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-327728 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tejashwi-yadav-1-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/10\/tejashwi-yadav-1-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/10\/tejashwi-yadav-1.jpg 382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a>Mahagatbandhan&#8217;s chief ministerial candidate and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and posed 11 questions to him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">&#8220;I would like to ask Hon&#8217;ble Prime Minister the following questions related to Bihar&#8217;s betterment and development. As per the report of Niti Aayog under him, Bihar is the worst state in education, health standards and continuous development index,&#8221; said Tejashwi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Following are the\u00a0questions, shared on social media by the\u00a031-year-old RJD leader just an hour before the Prime Minister began his campaigning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">&#8220;Prime Minister, tell me why the double engine government of Bihar, which is continuously making noise on tap water scheme, spends only 4 % of the total budget on water supply and sanitation? And why does 70 % of that 4 % also get a gift of corruption?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Prime Minister, tell me why one of the poorest states in the country is spending less than 2 % of the total budget on malnutrition and starvation in Bihar? Why is there malnutrition and starvation in Bihar even after NDA government for 15 years?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Prime Minister should tell the youth of Bihar. Even after doing PhD Engineering, MBA, MCA, why do you have to fill the form to become a peon and a gardener?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Prime Minister should tell why Bihar is the center of unemployment and why the record-breaking unemployment rate in the double engine government in Bihar is 46.6%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Prime Minister tell me why didn&#8217;t the workers who returned to Bihar during lockdown get the benefit of the poor welfare employment campaign announced by him in June? Why was Bihar&#8217;s Shramveer forced to migrate back to another state?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Prime Minister tell me why the work done under MNREGA scheme has not been paid for the workers since last 4 months? Who&#8217;s guilty &#8211; centre or state?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Prime Minister, tell me why is the most pathetic condition of Bihar&#8217;s labourers despite putting most districts (84 % or 32 districts) under the poor welfare employment campaign?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Prime Minister should tell that despite the issue of job cards to a total of 11 lakh families between April and August, only 2,132 families could complete 100 working days in Bihar? Why so?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Prime Minister tell me why NDA&#8217;s Nitish government spends only 2 % of its total budget on Mahadalits?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Prime Minister should tell how much amount of special package of 1 lakh 65 thousand crores announced by him in 2015 was received by Bihar and how much percentage of it was spent on development works? If the full amount is not released, then who is responsible for it?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Prime Minister should tell why Bihar hasn&#8217;t got special state status even after having a double engine government?&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">PM Modi is addressing four back-to-back rallies today in Bihar.<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahagatbandhan&#8217;s chief ministerial candidate and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and posed 11 questions to him. &#8220;I would like to ask Hon&#8217;ble Prime Minister the following questions related to Bihar&#8217;s betterment and development. As per the report of Niti Aayog under him, Bihar is the worst state in education, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":327728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2915,2089,1801,2014],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328239,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328238\/revisions\/328239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/327728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}