Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the previous Congress-RJD government of crippling Bihar’s education system, saying its failure marked the “real beginning of migration” from the state. Speaking at the Kaushal Deekshant Samaroh at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, he claimed that schools had remained closed and recruitments stalled under the earlier regime, forcing millions of children to move to cities like Varanasi, Delhi, and Mumbai for education.
“This generation may not realise how devastated the education system in Bihar was two and a half decades ago. Schools were not open, nor were recruitments conducted. Which parent doesn’t want their child to study and progress here? But out of compulsion, millions of children were forced to leave Bihar and go to Varanasi, Delhi, and Mumbai. This was the real beginning of the migration,” Modi said.
The Prime Minister lauded the efforts of the NDA government under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for reviving the state’s education sector. “Fortunately, the people of Bihar entrusted Nitish Kumar with the responsibility of government, and we are all witnesses to how the entire NDA team together brought the deteriorating system back on track,” he added.
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As part of the event, Modi inaugurated the Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur Skill University in Bihar and launched youth-focused initiatives worth more than ₹62,000 crore. “I am happy that Bihar has received a new Skill University at today’s Skill Convocation. Nitish Kumar’s government has named this university after Bharat Ratna Karpoori Thakur,” he said.
The Prime Minister further highlighted the state government’s achievements, including generating 10 lakh permanent government jobs and significantly increasing the education budget compared with the Congress-RJD era. Modi emphasised that these reforms created opportunities for Bihar’s youth and strengthened the foundations of skill development and education across the state.
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