Parties promise the moon to Bihar voters but finances on shaky ground

Sushil Modi said if the RJD's promise was to be believed, Rs 58,000 crore would have to be set aside in the Budget.

Political parties have made tall claims to voters in Bihar even though the state’s finances are in the doldrums due to the pandemic as well as lack of industrialisation.

While the Tejashwi Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has promised to provide a million government jobs in its election manifesto, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said it would generate 1.9 million employment opportunities.

How feasible are the promises?

To this query, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi wondered, “You (RJD) are promising the moon. Has any Cabinet in its first meeting cleared one million government jobs anywhere in the world? Where