Patna: Jan Suraaj, the party founded by poll strategist Prashant Kishor, has made a startling allegation in the wake of Bihar’s assembly election results: it claims that ₹14,000 crore from a World Bank loan was diverted by the state government for election-related cash transfers.

Speaking to the media, Jan Suraaj’s national president Uday Singh accused the Nitish Kumar-led government of “splurging” public money to buy votes. According to Singh, “even money raised through a World Bank loan of ₹14,000 crore has been diverted for doles and freebies.”

Singh said that in the months before the polls, nearly ₹40,000 crore was spent by the government, and some of this came from World Bank funds.

A central part of Jan Suraaj’s allegation concerns the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana, under whic

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