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Nitish, Tejashwi Clash in Bihar Assembly as Cash-Inducement Case Moves to Supreme Court

The budget session spotlighted dueling development narratives following Opposition claims of massive election spending.

Overview

  • Chief Minister Nitish Kumar defended a 'Bihar turnaround' and the 7-Resolves agenda, repeatedly telling Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav to sit down and calling him a child.
  • Tejashwi alleged Bihar remains poorest by per capita income with high poverty and unemployment, and claimed the NDA spent ₹40,000 crore to defeat the Opposition in the November 2025 polls.
  • The Jan Suraaj Party filed a petition in the Supreme Court alleging misuse of welfare for electoral gain, citing ₹10,000 transfers to one woman per family under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojna and a later ₹2 lakh promise.
  • Nitish accused Tejashwi of paying six MLAs to topple his government in 2024, while asserting that pre-2005 neglect contrasted with gains in law and order, infrastructure and welfare.
  • Following public outrage over a medical aspirant’s suspected rape and death in Patna, the case has been handed to the CBI during the ongoing session that runs through February 27.