Bihar: Another JD(U) lawmaker says unemployment a big issue in Bihar

PATNA: Yet another legislator of ruling JD(U) on Tuesday expressed concern over the issue of unemployment for which the Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has planned to take out a “Berozgaari Hatao Yatra” from February 23.
“Unemployment is a big issue in Bihar. Youths are disappointed because they are not getting jobs. There are lots of vacancies in railways, banks and different departments of the central government.The issue of unemployment must be solved,” JD(U) MLA from Kochadhaman (Kishanganj) Mujahid Alam told TOI over phone.
Alam also said the rate of unemployment has increased in the recent years as the Centre didn’t come out with any big vacancy.
To a question, Alam, however, clarified that though he supported the cause of unemployment, he was not in support of Tejashwi’s “Berozgaari Hatao Yatra.”
“Tejashwi may have decided to take out a ‘yatra’ to highlight the issue of unemployment, but I am not associated with him,” Alam said.
RJD leader Tejashwi has announced to begin his "Berojgari Hatao Yatra" from the Veterinary College ground on February 23 with a view to expand his party’s support base among youths and students by highlighting their issues ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls due later this year.
Earlier on Monday, another JD(U) legislator Javed Iqbal Ansari came in support of Yadav’s "Berozgaari Hatao Yatra", calling it a welcome initiative for highlighting the issue of unemployment and migration in the state.
Another JD(U) legislator Amarnath Gami too had on Monday supported the cause of unemployment and expressed his concern over the state government’s failure to check migration of labourers to other states, but he clarified that he was not in support of Tejashwi’s ‘Berozgaari Yatra.’