Overview
- Party leaders claim Rs 14,000 crore from a Rs 21,000-crore World Bank-linked allocation was withdrawn just before the model code of conduct and used to send Rs 10,000 each to 1.25 crore women under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana.
- Jan Suraaj says the timing and scale of the transfers tilted the electoral field, alleging some beneficiaries believed further payments would stop if the NDA lost.
- Spokesperson Pavan Verma qualifies the allegation as based on unverified information and says the party will accept fault if it proves incorrect, with no independent audit or World Bank comment reported.
- Union minister Chirag Paswan dismisses the diversion claim as an empty allegation and urges the party to present evidence before the government responds.
- Context to the dispute includes the NDA’s win of about 202 seats and Jan Suraaj’s zero-seat outcome, alongside the party’s broader charge that roughly Rs 40,000 crore was spent since June and assertions of Bihar’s debt at Rs 4.06 lakh crore with Rs 63 crore in daily interest.