PATNA, April 24 -- Deputy chief minister- cum- finance minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav on Friday told the state assembly that there was no dearth of funds in the state and there is no financial crisis, asserting that the state would continue its path of development with full vigour.

Yadav, while replying to allegations of leader of the opposition that the state had slipped into fiscal crisis due to rising loans and fund shortage in treasuries, said that there is no fund shortage in treasuries. He made the statement during the vote of confidence motion brought by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary in the state assembly.

"The Opposition leader has made allegations that our treasuries are empty. This is absolutely wrong," the deputy CM said. ...