No development is possible sans social equality: Tejashwi Yadav

PATNA: Leader of the opposition in state assembly, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav said there can be no development without social equality. “What will a person do with a flyover when there is no food to eat? What will a person do with the road when he has no money to purchase a vehicle?” he asked while lashing out at the NDA government over hike in fuel and cooking gas prices.
Speaking at the RJD’s 25th foundation day function here on Monday, Tejashwi also took a jibe at CM Nitish Kumar for getting his cataract surgery done in Delhi. “We were questioned why we took Sputnik vaccine, but we did not ask why Nitish Kumar went to Delhi for his surgery and did not get it done in Bihar. We don’t do such politics,” he said and alleged corruption everywhere in the state.
“If I did any mistake, forgive me. One keeps learning throughout his life,” he said and reiterated that the RJD is the party of “A to Z”.
Earlier, RJD chief Lalu Prasad inaugurated the function virtually from Delhi and dedicated the RJD’s anthem to the people.
Before starting his speech, Tejashwi paid tribute to LJP founder late Ram Vilas Paswan and RJD leaders late Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Mohammad Shahabuddin, Vidyasagar Nishad, Abdul Gafoor and others. Tejashwi also seemed to woo his elder brother Tej Pratap by recalling how they used to raise slogans for the party in their childhood days and Tej was always on the forefront.
Tejashwi gave example of his father Lalu Prasad saying how despite conspiracies hatched against him, he did not compromise with his ideologies. “We have to take inspiration from him. Lalu ji never bent down and I assure you that Tejashwi will also never bend down,” the RJD leader said.
Attacking CM Nitish further, Tejashwi said he is only surrounded by his officers and never interacts with common people. He said JD(U) was at the fourth position in the election, but because of the Election Commission, it became third in the last assembly elections. He said there was a difference of only 12,000 votes between the Mahagatbadhan and the NDA. “This means people of all castes and religions voted for RJD,” he said.
Tejashwi said the ruling party leaders uselessly create propaganda and talk of the jungle raj, though the data suggests more crime during the tenure of Nitish. Few people are wearing a cloak named development, but their own ministers are unmasking them, he said while referring to the allegations made by JD(U) minister Madan Sahni against the bureacracy.
RJD national vice-president Shivanand Tiwari, national principal general secretary Abdul Bari Siddiqui, state president Jagdanand Singh and other senior leaders also addressed the gathering.