Patna, Apr 11 (UNI) Congress National General Secretary Sachin Pilot categorically said that the Grand Alliance's (GA) Chief Minister face, would be decided only after the Assembly elections of Bihar.
Pilot who was here to lend his support to the ‘Palayan Roko, Naukri Do’ yatra, led by
Kanhaiya Kumar, did not approve of the name of RJD leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of the state Tejaswi Prasad Yadav's name as CM saying that the CM face will be decided after the elections.
Toeing the lines of Congress in charge of Bihar Krishna Allawaru, Pilot told news persons here on Friday that the GA would contest the election and the CM face would be decided only after the GA gets absolute majority. Nothing has been finalized as of now and any decision would depend on the result of the elections, asserted Pilot.
Pilot said that if grand alliances were voted to power, Congress high command and senior leaders of opposition alliance partners would sit together to decide the name of chief minister.
Pilot, however, made it clear that alliance with RJD and Left parties would continue and Congress will contest the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar in alliance with RJD and Left parties. Earlier, AICC In-charge for Bihar Krishna Allawaru too had stated that the CM’s name would be decided after the assembly polls.
However RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari said that no one should get confused on the CM face of the GA. He said RJD was the major Alliance partner of GA in Bihar and Tejaswi Yadav would naturally be in the driving seat.
RJD, being a major ally of grand alliance, wants to declare Tejaswi as CM candidate of opposition ahead of assembly elections.
While referring to other issues of Bihar, Pilot accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of forcing the youth to migrate to other states in search of employment. He said in lieu of supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kumar should have demanded at least 10 to 20 Lakh employment for the youth of Bihar.
Stressing the need to stop migration from Bihar, he said that due to poverty and non availability of the opportunity the people from here were migrating to other places.
He demanded from the double engine government to stop migration from Bihar immediately and provide jobs to youths. “The people have lost their faith in the present dispensation.
Before joining the"Palayan Roko Naukri Do Padyatra" of Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar, Pilot held BJP and Nitish Kumar responsible for the unemployment and migration. Even after being talented the youth of Bihar were migrating under miserable circumstances.
Pilot admitted that there was no dearth of talent in Bihar but these talents do not get the opportunity to grow. The Congress leader also expressed his concern over paper leak in competitive examinations and said that youths have lost faith in the system.
The people of this state have lost confidence in the government as even after taking degrees of BA and M.A the youth were not confident of getting employment within the state.
He said the people of other states also migrate but only for better opportunity whereas the people from Bihar were migrating for their hapless situation.
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