Nitish Kumar Eyes Young Voters, Says 'Youth Are Victims Of Misunderstanding, Need To Be Informed'

Nitish Kumar said, "We announced a compensation of Rs. 4 Lakh for every person who died due to COVID-19. However, we did not use this to gain publicity, unlike other states who publicised it."

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New Delhi: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party Janata Dal United (JDU) leaders have been working to strengthen the organisation after it failed to perform well at the Bihar Assembly elections in 2020. The party is now trying to woo Young voters. The party believes that they did not receive support from young voters in the last election, due to which they were only able to win 43 seats. Therefore, party leaders have been trying to woo young voters ever since the last elections ended.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is also eyeing young voters. He has been seen talking about young voters a number of times since the last elections. In a program held on Tuesday regarding this, he said that people are now forgetting events of olde. Therefore, this change should be documented and shared on social media. This is essential to avoid comments arising due to misunderstanding and misinformation. We need to save the youth from heading on the wrong path. They need to be informed.

Rs. 10,000 Crore Spent Till Date 

During the event, the Chief Minister also took a dig at the state governments which used COVID-19 death compensations as a tool for publicity. He said that BIhar received a lot of help from the Central Government during COVID-19. The government spent more than Rs. 10,000 Crore on this initiative. We work silently, we dont publicise.

Nitish Kumar said, "We gave a compensation of Rs. 4 Lakh to the kin of every person who died due to COVID-19, but we did not do it to gain publicity. Other states are announcing compensations of Rs. 50,000 and then publicising it everywhere. If a Bihari dies of COVID-19 when he is outside Bihar, his kin would still be eligible for compensation."

 

Over Two Lakh Tests Per Day

 

The Chief Minister said, "COVID-19 cases has started increasing again in the countries. Arrangements have been made in all the hospitals to counter the third wave. The administration has been asked to keep the people informed. We have decided that we would get six crore people vaccinated by the end of the year. At the same time, we aim to conduct more than two lakh tests per day. The campaign to counter COVID-19 should go on continuously. Arrangements have been made to conduct testing in every village and city in the state. Without this massive level of testing, hundreds of people would be impacted.