"No Jobs In Bihar": Opposition Targets Nitish Kumar On Kashmir Killings
NDTV
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Tejashwi Yadav has been vocal about the Kashmir killings and targetted Nitish Kumar. He is seconded by Chirag Paswan of the Lok Janshakti Party.
The killings of Biharis in Kashmir has set off ripple effects in the state, with the opposition putting it down to what it calls the Nitish Kumar government's failure to create jobs. Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Tejashwi Yadav, who is also the leader of the opposition in the state assembly, has been vocal about it. He is seconded by Chirag Paswan, the Lok Janshakti Party chief known to be the Chief Minister's in-house opposition.
Since the last week, four men from Bihar has fallen to terrorists' bullets in Kashmir in a bout of attacks mostly targeting people from other states. All four had gone to Kashmir in search of work.
Arvind Sah, a resident of Bihar's Banka district who was selling gol gappas in Srinagar, was shot down four days ago. Yesterday, two labourers from Bihar were gunned down in Kulgam district.
"The Double Engine government's double whammy: "Won't give employment in Bihar. If you go out, you will be killed." Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ji puts a price of Rs 2 lakh on a Bihari's life and goes off to sleep," Tejashwi Yadav tweeted in Hindi this morning.
