Bihar’s political theater peaked Thursday in the Vidhan Sabha, where CM Nitish Kumar told Tejashwi Yadav to pipe down during his address on the Governor’s speech. ‘Baitho na, suno’—the direct command elicited grins across aisles as Yadav tried chiming in.
In folksy flair, Kumar recalled: ‘Our blueprint, our build—then derailment. Six extras? No budget. Faulty handling forced our exit.’ The light-hearted roast broke the ice.
Pivoting to achievements, Kumar evoked dark days before 2005: fear after dark, derelict schools, hospitals, roads, utilities under RJD. NDA flipped the script—peace prevails, villages linked by concrete, every home watered and sanitized, free 125-unit power.
Sapt Nishchay commits to one crore youth jobs in five years. Med colleges from 6 to 12, 27 more; monthly PHC treatments at 11,600. Patna’s hospital mega-upgrade to 5,400 beds.
Women receive Rs 10,000 starters, soon Rs 2 lakh loans. District industrial parks brew growth. ‘Bihar surges forward,’ Kumar envisioned. ‘Half-decade milestones will embed us in India’s elite states, courtesy central partnership.’ The clash spotlighted governance pride versus critique.