Pavan Verma alleges World Bank funds diverted for Bihar polls

Jan Suraaj Spokesperson and one of the key architects of the Party Pavan Verma levelled serious allegations that funds from the World Bank meant for some other project were diverted for the Bihar Assembly elections by the central government and distributed to women voters in the stateIt is to be noted that Rs 10000 was transferred to the account of 125 crore women voters under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar YojanaIn an exclusive interview with ANI Kumar said The public debt in Bihar is at present 406000 crores The interest per day is 63 crores The treasury is empty We have information which could be wrong also that the amount of Rs 10000 given to women in the state was given from Rs 21000 crores which came from the World Bank for some other project An hour before the moral code of conduct for the polls Rs 14000 crores were taken out and distributed to 125 crore women in the state he allegedHe said that this allegation may or may not be trueAs I have said this is our information If it is wrong I seek forgiveness But if it is true then the question arises as to how far this is ethical It is possible that legally you cannot do anything The government can divert funds and later give explanations Explanation will come after the election There are upcoming polls in West Bengal Tamil Nadu and other BJPruled states You make promises and the other party gives money it is going to affect the voters differently he saidPavan Verma further stated that there were rumours in Bihar that if the NDA is not voted to power then the remaining amount will not be transferredThere are four crore women voters in Bihar and 25 crores have not received the amount The remaining women felt that if the NDA does not come to power then we will not receive the benefit Our ambitions being a new party were excessive but our message was right and the response was good he addedReacting to the question of whether social welfare schemes like Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana will be the X factor in polls he said that Prime Minister Modi has himself criticised giving freebiesPM Modi has himself criticised giving freebies Maybe he had said it in the context of the Delhi Assembly and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Now what happened in Bihar he saidHe refuted that the partys poor performance in the Bihar Assembly polls could be attributed to founder Prashant Kishors promise to lift the liquor ban in Bihar if voted to powerVerma stated that the liquor ban was not being implemented effectively in the state with liquor being sold openly and delivered at homes at higher pricesThe withdrawal of the liquor ban would have been the issue if it had actually been in place in Bihar Liquor is being sold at every nook and corner It is being home delivered It is being sold at higher prices People are consuming it and paying more for it Would that not affect women who have to run their homes Verma saidVerma attributed the partys loss to other factors including the lastminute transfer of Rs 10000 and the ruling partys policies towards womenHe further said that in Bihar against the fake liquor ban over 2 lakh people mostly extremely backward Dalits are in jail who have been arrested for violating the prohibition law who dont even have the money to pay the bailVerma said People are consuming it and paying more for it Would that not affect women who have to run their homes People from extremely backward classes are jailed under the prohibitory law who dont even have the money to pay the bail The reason for our loss was what Nitish Ji did for women and the last moment transfer of Rs 10000The newly formed Jan Suraaj Party founded by election strategistturnedpolitician Prashant Kishor faced a major setback in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Election failing to secure a single seat despite contesting in almost all 243 constituenciesThe NDAs tsunami swept away the opposition RJDled Mahagathbandhan in Bihar with the BJP emerging as the singlelargest party with 89 seats and the Janata Dal United finishing a close second with 85 The other allies of the ruling coalition also registered high strike rates as Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas LJPRV won 19 Hindustani Awam Morcha Secular HAMS won five and Rashtriya Lok Morcha won four seatsThe ruling NDA got 202 seats a threefourths majority in the 243member House This is the second time the NDA has crossed the 200mark in the assembly polls In the 2010 polls it had won 206 seatsMahagathbandhan got just 35 seats with Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD winning 25 seats Congress 6 Communist Party of India MarxistLeninist Liberation CPIMLL two Indian Inclusive Party IIP one and Communist Party of India Marxist CPIM one seatWhile All India MajlisEIttehadul Muslimeen AIMIM won five seats and Bahujan Samaj Party BSP got one seatThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the 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