Min slams Tejashwi, defends Nitish govt's 20-year record
Patna: Senior JD(U) functionary and rural works department minister Ashok Choudhary on Friday took aim at Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, questioning his criticism of the Nitish Kumar-led govt.
"Instead of asking what happened in the last 20 years of the Nitish govt, Tejashwi should first tell what did not happen during this period," Choudhary said while addressing reporters at the JD(U) state headquarters after a public grievance hearing.
Choudhary, who has been selected for an assistant professorship at the age of 56, also said that those whose political ideology stemmed from the "Charwaha Vidyalaya" are now pretending to distribute pens. Referring to the educational landscape under previous
RJD
administrations, he asked, "How many engineering and medical colleges were opened in Bihar during the rule of his parents, Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi?"
Choudhary added, "Have you ever heard in the last 70 years of independence that any government opened a 'Charwaha Vidyalaya'? RJD's thinking was to make our children shepherds. But CM
Nitish Kumar
's vision is to make them engineers and doctors."
Highlighting the transformation since 2005, he said Nitish prioritised educational infrastructure, opening new schools, polytechnics and medical and engineering colleges. "And Tejashwi is asking us what the Nitish govt has done in the last 20 years," he said.
The minister's comments came a day after Tejashwi distributed pens to youth at a 'Chhatra Yuva Samvad' event, where he pledged that if his alliance forms the govt following this year's assembly elections, he would achieve in 20 months what the Nitish govt could not do in two decades.
In response, Choudhary said, "The people of Bihar have recognised such double standards very well and will never again trust the RJD."
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