"Corruption has become so vast that the corrupt have become emperors," Bihar paying Rs 100 crore interest on debt

Patna, April 22 -- Leader of Opposition in Bihar and RJD national president Tejaswi Yadav on Wednesday acused the state's ruling NDA of large-scale corruption, fiscal mismanagement and a worsening financial crisis in the state.

Yadav claimed here that the NDA government was surviving on loans and burdening Bihar with mounting debt. He alleged that the state is paying more than Rs 100 crore in interest to the debt alone, describing it as a reflection of "poor financial governance."The NDA government has pushed Bihar into a debt trap of over Rs 4 lakh crore, he alleged saying that the administration is now dependent on borrowings and a huge portion of public money is being spent only on interest payments.

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