Tejashwi promises to transfer Rs 30,000 to women voters in one go

Mahagathbandhan's Chief Ministerial candidate, Tejashwi Yadav, has promised to transfer the entire amount of Rs 30,000 into the accounts of women voters, that too in one go. 

The announcement comes amid the end of the campaigning of the first phase of the Bihar polls on Thursday. 

Tejashwi stated, "I had already promised that if voted to office, we would transfer Rs 2,500 each into the accounts of women every month under the Mai Bahin scheme. Now, we have decided that Rs 30,000 will be transferred in advance on the occasion of Makar Sankranti on January 14 next year." 

Further reiterating some of the other promises by the RJD, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar said, "We will make the jobs of Jeevika Didis (self-employment) community mobilisers permanent. We will give them Rs 2,000 per month." 

Apart from this, Tejashwi also announced that the farmers will receive Rs 300 per quintal of paddy and Rs 400 per quintal of wheat as "bonus" over and above the Minimum Selling Price (MSP). He promised that his government would provide free electricity for irrigation, alleging that the NDA government currently charges 55 paise per unit for power used in activities for agriculture. 

He added that the Heads of all Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) and Primary Marketing Cooperative Societies (Vyapar Mandals) will be given the status of people's representatives. 

Tejashwi also declared that state employees will be transferred within 70 km of their current postings, vowing that the old pension system will be restored, claiming that it has long been demanded by employees in Bihar.