Nitish has failed to deliver change, says RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha
Launching a frontal attack on chief minister Nitish Kumar, Union minister and RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha said the CM has failed on the “promise to deliver a change” and his continuation in power, either in the NDA-fold or outside it, was not going to help stem the rot in law and order and educational front in Bihar.
“Kumar is sitting on the steering wheel and there is no point in attacking the “guard (RJD chief)” for the present ills. We will have to launch a campaign to oust the present dispensation and be ready to make the necessary sacrifices to bring back smile on the face of the last man,” he said, while inaugurating a three-day training camp for party workers here.
He said, Kumar had promised to end terror and misgovernance. But, the situation continues to be scary. “His decree of inducting teachers on the basis of degrees, 12 years back, is showing results in the high percentage of failures at the intermediate level. It is not the students, but the government that has failed. The system is beyond repair,” he said.
He said the fault lies with those who “introduced” the model of recruiting teachers without merit. During RJD regime, appointments were routed through BPSC. “If the previous regime pursued ‘charwaha vidyalaya’, the present dispensation is forcing students to become charwahas (shepherds) with teacher-less schools churning out below par education, that too, under the leadership of a technocrat,” he said.
Praising Prime Minister Narendra modi for his able leadership, Kushwaha said there was no alternative to him for the grass roots implementation of the concept of social justice in the country. “The PM feels strongly for deprived sections and is committed to ensure social justice for them. It is a matter of pride to work under him,” he said, ending speculations that the RLSP was feeling stifled in the NDA.
As for the party’s avowed line, Kushwaha said that the RLSP was a strong votary for ensuring participation of deprived sections through quotas in executive, judiciary and other sectors, including media.
“We will continue to fight for social justice and secularism, increasing OBC presence in Central Grade A jobs, setting up of national judicial commission, quota in private sector—which has the jobs to offer—and demand the scrapping of creamy layer provision,” Kushwaha said.
