NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hit out at the Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), accusing their previous governments in Bihar of causing the "real beginning of migration" crisis, ahead of the state assembly elections. Speaking at the Kaushal Deekshant Samaroh in Vigyan Bhawan, PM Modi said, "This generation may not realise how devastated the education system in Bihar was two and a half decades ago. Schools were not open, nor were recruitments conducted. Which parent doesn't want their child to study and progress here? But out of compulsion, millions of children were forced to leave Bihar and go to Varanasi, Delhi, and Mumbai." "This was the real beginning of mass migration," he noted. PM Modi credited chief minister Nitish Kumar and the NDA govern
'Roots infested with insects': PM Modi slams Congress-RJD for Bihar's 'migration crisis'; hails Nitish govt's role in reviving state

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