{"id":26631,"date":"2026-09-20T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=26631"},"modified":"2026-09-20T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T15:05:00","slug":"people-dying-yet-crores-spent-on-pm-modis-birthday-tejashwi-on-bihar-floods-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=26631","title":{"rendered":"\u2018People dying, yet crores spent on PM Modi\u2019s birthday\u2019: Tejashwi on Bihar floods | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav<\/a> on Sunday criticised Bihar\u2019s BJP-led NDA government for spending \u201ccrores of rupees\u201d on events to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s birthday while people in the state were dying in floods.\u201cMore than 45 lakh people are affected by floods. Rainfall has been less than 35% this time, causing a part of Bihar to face drought-like conditions. People are dying due to floods, yet hundreds of crores of rupees were squandered on \u2018diya-baati\u2019 to mark the prime minister\u2019s birthday,\u201d the Bihar leader of opposition said at a press conference in Patna.Tejashwi Yadav questioned the expenditure on the celebrations and sought details of assistance provided to Bihar through the PM CARES Fund.\u201cDoes Bihar come to the Centre\u2019s mind only during elections?\u201d he asked.He also questioned Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan\u2019s visit to the state, saying drought-affected areas should have been inspected alongside flood-hit regions.\u201cDid the agriculture minister of the Government of India come and take stock of the drought? He toured the outside areas. Since the agriculture minister had come, he should have visited the drought-affected areas where it rained less than 35% this time, and where farmers\u2019 crops across many hectares have been destroyed,\u201d the RJD leader added.Seeking financial assistance for farmers, Tejashwi Yadav demanded that the \u201cdouble-engine government\u201d \u2014 referring to the BJP being in power at both the Centre and in Bihar \u2014 immediately provide at least Rs 15,000 to every farmer affected by drought.He also criticised chief minister Samrat Choudhary, accusing the government of lacking a roadmap and failing to provide relief as tehe stategrapples with floods and drought.The flood situation in Bihar has affected several districts amid rising water levels in the Ganga and other rivers. According to reports citing the state Disaster Management Department, around 40.72 lakh people across 676 gram panchayats in 88 blocks of 16 districts had been affected as of September 20, 2026.<\/p>\n

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