Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav to start yatras, interact with voters
The Hindu
Bihar Assembly elections preparations with Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav gearing up for voter outreach yatras.
With the Bihar Assembly elections scheduled to be held next year in October-November, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Leader of the Opposition in the State, the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Tejashwi Yadav, are gearing up for yatras to reach out to voters.
Mr. Kumar will set off on his 15th such yatra since 2005, named Mahila Samvad Yatra, on December 15, while Mr. Yadav will kick off the third phase of his Karyakarta Samvad Yatra from December 4. Earlier, Mr. Yadav had discontinued his yatra midway because of festival and bypolls on four seats in Bihar.
Probably taking a cue from the Maiya Samman Yojna in Jharkhand and the Ladli Behna Yojna in Maharashtra, which had an impact on the poll results, Mr. Kumar, who is upbeat after the recent bypoll results in the State in which the NDA won all the four seats, will meet the women voters starting from Valmikinagar in West Champaran district. During his yatra, he is likely to interact with women, jivikadidis and review the progress of the government’s seven-resolve programmes.
Women are caste-neutral voters and are said to have played an important role in keeping Mr. Kumar in power. He has introduced several programmes for their welfare such as 50% reservation in Panchayati Raj institutions, 35% reservation in jobs, 1.40 crore jivika didis membership and ban on liquor.
“Mr. Kumar will communicate with women supporters during his yatra and gauge what more needs to be done for them,” said Janata Dal (United) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar.
“State elections are just a year away and this is the right time to pep up core voters. Mr. Kumar is undertaking his yatra at the right time,” another senior JD(U) leader told The Hindu. The leader said that Mr. Kumar may make “women-centric announcements”.
Mr. Yadav has been communicating with party workers and leaders during his yatra to understand the people’s mood and preferences.
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