Bihar's Mahadalits: 18 Years of Broken Promises & Zero Development Near Patna

Tejashwi's Bihar Gambit: State Jobs For All Contract Staff, ₹30k For Jeevika Didis

In a major pre-election announcement in Bihar, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has promised to regularise all contractual (samvidha) and outsourced workers and grant them the status of permanent state employees. Yadav declared, 'All the Constitutional workers, be they from any ministry, be they from outsourced or district, our announcement is that all the Constitutional workers will be placed in the state.' He also made significant promises to the Jeevika self-help groups, vowing to make Jeevika Community Mobilisers (CMs) permanent government employees with a monthly salary of ₹30,000. Additional pledges for the women's groups include waiving interest on existing loans, providing interest-free loans for two years, and a ₹5 lakh insurance cover for all members. These announcements target key voter bases in his campaign against what he termed the 'double-edged sword' government.