Didn’t know 19 was a smaller number than 10: Chidambaram on BJP’s employment promise in Bihar

Even because the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is going through flak from opposition leaders after the launch of its 11-point manifesto for the upcoming Bihar meeting elections, senior Congress chief P Chidambaram focused the get together over its promise to supply 1.9 million jobs if it involves energy within the state.

Chidambaram highlighted that after mocking the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) over its promise to create 1 million jobs within the state, the NDA itself has promised to create 1.9 million jobs in Bihar.

“After mocking the RJD for promising to create 10 lakh jobs, the NDA has promised to create 19 lakh jobs in Bihar if elected. I did not know that 19 was a smaller number than 10. I think I should go back to primary school,” Chidambaram, the previous Union finance minister, mentioned in a tweet.

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The BJP on Thursday within the presence of Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, state unit president Satish Sanjay Jaiswal and nationwide basic secretary Bhupendra Yadav launched its 11-point manifesto the place it promised to create 1.9 million jobs throughout numerous sectors in Bihar if elected. “If we sum up, we will be creating jobs for 1.9 million people in the next five years,” Jaiswal had mentioned on Thursday.

The manifesto additionally said that 100,000 jobs might be offered within the healthcare sector which contains recruitment of 10,000 docs and 50,000 paramedics together with the institution of a second All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

With reference to girls’s empowerment, which has been an essential subject on this meeting election, the BJP vowed to make 100 million girls within the state self-dependent within the coming 5 years by means of the creation of self-help teams (SHGs).

Bihar Assembly Election 2020 might be held in three phases from October 28. The second and the third phases might be held on November three and November 7 respectively and the counting of votes will happen on November 10.