How is it possible to provide 10 lakh government jobs?

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Bihar Deputy Chief Mnister Tejashwi Yadav has been drawing huge crowds at his public meetings across the state. The chief ministerial face of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has been addressing nearly 20 public meetings back-to-back each day and the crowds, mostly comprising young people, appears to have given the election an “open” character. The Opposition RJD-led alliance of Congress and Left parties are locked in a tough contest on each seat against the Janata Dal (United)-led National Democratic Alliance. In an email interview to Amarnath, Mr Yadav claimed the UPA would get more than 170 seats out of total 243 seats in the of state assembly.

Are you going to be the new Chief Minister of Bihar?

As far as palpable sentiment on the ground is concerned, I believe people of Bihar now want a change.

Why do you think there is a huge turn-out of young people at your public meetings? Is it because of your promise to provide 10 lakh government jobs to them, if voted to power? 

We have shown progressive changes to the people of Bihar and we are very much focused to bring very substantial changes in the quality of their lives. We haven’t only promised 10 lakh government jobs but we have plans for every sector and every aggrieved section of society because we know that development is a multidimensional entity and one has to work perseveringly on every facet of it, has to put every cog of the wheel in order to bring about progress in the society. Just having a look at our manifesto Pran Hamara (our resolve) one can easily make out that we mean business. It is this conviction of ours that has caught the imagination of the young people, thus pushing them to throng in huge numbers to our rallies.

How is it possible to supply 10 lakh government jobs together with your first signature initially cabinet meeting as providing jobs need certain processes and time?

We have already chalked out the perfect number of personnel required in each department for efficient running of an enormous state like Bihar. we should always not forget that not only is that the population of Bihar huge, but it's also highly densely populated. There's huge shortfall of staff in every department under Bihar Government. and that we are determined to run the state efficiently, not just run it for namesake. For a poor state like Bihar, it's an unpardonable sin to be unable to spend every penny of revenue. Bihar notoriously surrenders back almost 80, 000 crores of rupees. this is often only possible with inefficient governance and policy paralysis. If we plug only this gap, we'll have enough money for each promise made by us in our manifesto. But we aren't getting to stop at that only. we would like to double Bihar's budget in next five years.

You’re addressing over a dozen public meetings a day , almost thrice the amount CM Nitish Kumar is addressing. Is there no other star campaigner in UPA?

It’s not that there is dearth of star campaigners in UPA. But being the CM candidate of Mahagathbandhan, I should reach bent more and more people within the given time and make them aware of rock bottom reality of Bihar. i would like to allow them to realise that stakes are too high. Frustrations of the unemployed have accumulated for too long now. It must be addressed else many lives will lose their potential to political ineptness, bureaucratic apathy and policy paralysis. Having said that, addressing 17-18 rallies during a day isn't an enormous deal on behalf of me. Had the time allowed or had there been no restrictions, I might have loved to feature another 5 to eight rallies within the daily tally. I'm a young, athletic man. I do not get tired easily.