Nitish Kumar’s pre-poll doles woo Bihar voters
The Tribune Editorial: The decision to limit 35 per cent reservation to only permanent government jobs is significant, even though such positions have been shrinking steadily.
WITH Bihar headed for Assembly elections later this year, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has unleashed a series of welfare announcements —each conveniently timed and politically loaded. From hiking pensions for the elderly, disabled and widowed women to Rs 1,100 per month, to announcing a 35 per cent reservation in direct recruitment for native women of Bihar, the moves are being touted by his administration as progressive governance. But the timing makes the intent unmistakably electoral.