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PM Modi criticised the RJD and Congress for Bihar’s education crisis, praised Nitish Kumar for reforms.
PM Modi speaking at the Kaushal Deekshant Samaroh in Vigyan Bhawan. (ANI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hit out at the previous regime of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress for crippling Bihar’s education system, calling it the “real beginning of migration” crisis in the state.
While addressing the Kaushal Deekshant Samaroh at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, PM Modi claimed that the schools were not opened and no recruitments took place under the Congress-RJD regime in Bihar.
“This generation may not realise how devastated the education system in Bihar was two and a half decades ago. Schools were not open, nor were recruitments conducted. Which parent doesn’t want their child to study and progress here? But out of compulsion, millions of children were forced to leave Bihar and go to Varanasi, Delhi, and Mumbai. This was the real beginning of the migration,” he said as quoted by news agency PTI.
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He further asserted that the NDA government under Nitish Kumar created opportunities for the youth. Comparing the current administration with the RJD regime, he asserted that Bihar’s resurgence is the result of Nitish Kumar’s efforts.
“Fortunately, the people of Bihar entrusted Nitish Kumar with the responsibility of government, and we are all witnesses to how the entire NDA team together brought the deteriorating system back on track,” he said.
As PM Modi launched youth-focused initiatives worth more than Rs 62,000 crore, including the inauguration of the Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur Skill University in Bihar, he said, “I am happy that Bihar has received a new Skill University at today’s Skill Convocation. Nitish Kumar’s government has named this university after Bharat Ratna Karpoori Thakur.”
The Prime Minister hailed the Bihar government for generating 10 lakh permanent government jobs and raising the education budget as compared to the RJD-Congress regime.
“The NDA government is working with full commitment to enhance the potential of Bihar’s youth further. Bihar’s education budget has been increased several times compared to the RJD-Congress regime. Today, there is a school in almost every village in Bihar. Be it engineering colleges or medical colleges, their number has also increased manifold,” he said.
PM Modi launched various youth-focused initiatives worth more than Rs 62,000 crore in Delhi at the Kaushal Deekshant Samaroh, 2025. PM Modi announced a Bihar government special student credit card, using which students can avail interest-free loans. He also said that the Bihar government has hiked the students’ scholarship scheme from Rs 1,800 to Rs 3,600.
(With inputs from agencies)
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben…Read More
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben… Read More
October 04, 2025, 15:57 IST
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