RJD always honours Vaishya community :Tejaswi
Patna, Apr 29 (UNI) Leader of opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejaswi Prasad Yadav said Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD) has always honoured the Vaishya community and assured to further strengthen the relationship that has been formed with the community.
While addressing an official function organised at the party office on Tuesday on the occasion of birth anniversary of Bhamashah, a generous donor, Yadav said that Bhamashah always supported Maharana Pratap in the fight for self-respect.
Stressing the need to take forward the ideas of Bhamashah, he appealed to the party workers to strengthen his ideologies by adopting a cooperative attitude.
He alleged that the present government was working against the interest of the Businessmen mostly represented by the Vaishya community and added that the entire community was financially being tortured in the name of GST or other taxes.
The rise in criminal incidents including murder, loot and other heinous crime, the community was under fear psychosis.
He exhorted the community and the other leaders of the RJD to strongly fight against such actions of the NDA government to protect their sovereignty. Yadav assured to support them in their struggle of self respect .
Tejaswi reiterated that Bihar no longer needs a "tired" Chief Minister and retired officers and appealed to the party workers to connect with the people for creating a fearless society. Yadav appealed to the community to give him a chance for transformation of Bihar.
Speaking about the achievements during his 17 months rule under grand alliance Government in Bihar, Yadav said that his government promoted business class people in the state.
The RJD leader said that during his regime investment of Rs 50 thousand crore was made in the state and more than 5 lakh people belonging to every section were given the government jobs.
He said that he was all set to fill the 3.50 lakh vacancies but the chief minister Nitish Kumar suddenly took a "U" turn and formed a government with the NDA abandoning the Grand Alliance.
The NDA government even faield to fill the 3.50 lakh vacancies, he alleged.
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