Establishing rule of law and good governance our top priorities: Bihar Deputy CMs

Choudhary told reporters here: “We decided to form a government with Nitish Kumar after instructions from the central leadership of the party….I am a committed worker of the party. I had donned a turban on my head after the death of my mother, and I had later impulsively said that I had donned the turban to remove Nitish Kumar as CM. But now that the central leadership has given me a new responsibility, I am committed to fulfil it with sincerity under Nitish Kumar’s leadership. Our priority now is to establish rule of law and good governance.”

Echoing Choudhary, his fellow Deputy CM Sinha said: “We had been in the government to serve people. Humein ye avsar seva karne ke liye mila hai, na ki mewa khane ke (We have got this opportunity to serve people, not to make profits).”

Targeting the RJD, Choudhary said: “For the past 17 months, democracy was put to shame as ally (RJD) had been talking of finishing JD(U) after the 2024 polls.”

Choudhary was referring to former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav’s statement on Saturday where he spoke of “the JD(U) disintegrating after the 2024 polls because of BJP’s designs”.

Choudhary recalled how he had been part of the Samata Party formed in 1994 to dislodge the RJD’s “government of misrule” and it was eventually in 2005 when the NDA brought down the Lalu Prasad regime and formed the government.

Exerting that the people of Bihar had given a mandate to the NDA in the last Assembly polls in 2020 Choudhary said, “That government is back now. As far as the job promises are concerned, the NDA government has been ready with a proposal to provide 1.75 lakh jobs. We will fulfil our promise of giving 10 lakh jobs.”

He also said that the NDA would try to win all 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar in the upcoming polls.

Sinha said: “The Central leadership of the BJP helped Bihar from slipping into another phase of misrule, as the RJD had the mentality to create a rule of anarchy and social tension. Now, we have come together with Nitish Kumar, we have to work towards the all-round development of the state.”