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Tejashwi Yadav Accuses Centre of Unequal Bihar Flood Relief
Tejashwi Yadav said Bihar was not receiving enough help after floods.
He accused the central government of treating Bihar differently from Gujarat.
Yadav said Prime Minister Narendra Modi quickly responds to floods in Gujarat.
He said Modi visits Bihar mainly during election campaigns.
Yadav wrote to Modi on September 7 asking for the floods to be called a national disaster.
He also requested Rs 5,000 crore in immediate assistance.
He criticised Bihar’s chief minister and Union ministers from the state.
Yadav said his letters had not received a response.
Tejashwi Yadav accused the Centre of treating Bihar unfairly in providing flood relief.
Yadav said he wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 7 seeking a national-disaster declaration for the floods.
He demanded immediate financial assistance of Rs 5,000 crore for Bihar.
Yadav criticised Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and Union ministers from Bihar for failing to secure central assistance.
He alleged that his letters to Modi and Choudhary had received no response.
- Who
- Bihar Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav made the allegations against the Centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and Union ministers from Bihar.
- What
- Yadav accused the Centre of providing unequal flood relief to Bihar and requested a national-disaster declaration and Rs 5,000 crore in assistance.
- Where
- The allegations were made at a press conference in Patna, Bihar.
- When
- Yadav spoke at a press conference on September 13 and said he had written to Modi on September 7.
- Why
- Yadav said Bihar was receiving stepmotherly treatment and criticised state and Union leaders for failing to secure central assistance.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Tejashwi Yadav, Bihar’s Leader of Opposition
- Location
- Patna, Bihar
- Letter date
- September 7
- Requested classification
- Declaration of the floods as a national disaster
- Requested assistance
- Rs 5,000 crore
- Criticised leaders
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and Union ministers from Bihar
- Yadav’s claim
- He had not received responses to letters sent to Modi and Choudhary
Quotes
Tejashwi Yadav
Bihar Leader of Opposition and RJD working president
“Whenever there are floods in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives quick assurances of relief, talks to state leadership and directs deployment of relief forces, including the Indian Air Force. However, there is a step-motherly treatment towards Bihar where he comes during election campaigns and eats ‘litti chokha’”
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“The engines of the ‘double-engine’ government in Bihar have failed. I am not aware of how often the CM talks to PM Modi, and wonder why he has not been able to secure central assistance. There are many Union ministers from Bihar, but none has the influence to bring central help to Bihar”
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Sources
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