Overview

• Over 48,000 young jobseekers registered at the Indian Youth Congress’s July 19 Patna fair and more than 20,000 received interviews.
• 190 companies from sectors such as technology, finance and manufacturing attended the fair and many requested candidates to return for follow-up interviews.
• Rahul Gandhi said the state’s youth “no longer want speeches, but employment” and accused the BJP-NDA government of plunging Bihar into unemployment.
• Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pledged free electricity statewide and reaffirmed targets of 12 lakh government jobs and 38 lakh other opportunities by August 2025, plus one crore more by 2030.
• With the October-November assembly elections approaching, major parties including RJD and BJP are intensifying job guarantees to appeal to Bihar’s predominantly young electorate.