Jobs, education overshadow ‘BiPaSa’ this election in Bihar

Patna: Bijli, paani, sadak or BiPaSa, which dominated every election until recently, has surprisingly vanished from the Bihar poll scene with more serious issues of unemployment, health and education taking centre stage this time. Scores of youths who joined the poll process in the five Lok Sabha constituencies of the state on Tuesday spoke frankly about what they want from their netas.

With electricity, water and roads available everywhere in the state now, the focus of the people shifted to unemployment, health and education. “I have voted in the past and am again waiting for my turn to cast vote but I am sorry to say the issues of unemployment, health and education are something which need to be paid more attention,” said Sudhir Kumar of Khagaria, adding the issue of joblessness turned grave with increase in population. Although Kumar expressed satisfaction over the govt’s initiatives to improve the situation in schools, he said quality of education was far from satisfactory.

Another youth, Avadhesh Kumar, expressed concern over “shrinking govt jobs”, saying this is the issue that needs to be given proper attention. “I am joining the poll process but certainly not happy with the actions of politicians,” he said.

Vinod Sahni, a resident of Alauli block, said the govt must pay attention to improving the condition of hospitals. “The speed of development is very slow here. The health sector is in shambles as we have to rush to Khagaria in case of emergency,” Sahni said. Meena Devi is also annoyed with poor health facilities. “Road condition has improved but the health infrastructure is very bad,” she said.

Imran Raza of Madhepura, who was happy to cast his vote for the first time, said they all wanted jobs. “Berozgari bahut hai, sabko rozgar milna chahiye,” Imran said.

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