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Bihar polls: Tejashwi Yadav promises Rs 2,500 for women, 200 units of free electricity if RJD wins

IndiaTimes Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Tejashwi Yadav, RJD leader, unveiled welfare schemes, including cash transfers to women and subsidized utilities, aiming to unseat Nitish Kumar's government in the upcoming Bihar elections. Yadav criticized the current administration for failing on poverty, unemployment, and corruption, while the ruling NDA defended its progress in infrastructure and law and order, dismissing RJD's claims as baseless.
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