On 28th October, Mahagathbandhan, the alliance between RJD, Congress and others, launched its manifesto in Patna for the upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections. The manifesto reads like a wish list drafted without a calculator. At the core of it lies a promise that every family in Bihar will have one member employed in a government job. Though a superficial timeline of 20 months has been given, the alliance has not promised to give jobs to all in 20 months.

According to the 2023 caste survey, there are around 2.7 crore families in Bihar. Even if the alliance were to fulfil half of that, the number would be staggering. At this point, there are around 20 lakh people in government jobs in Bihar. Creating an additional 2.5 crore positions, even at the minimum pay scale of Rs 18,000 per month, woul

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