Bihar would see educational reforms if Mahagathbandhan wins: Upendra Kushwaha

Former Union minister and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha claimed that his 25-point charter of demands for educational reforms, which he had submitted to the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, would be implemented if the opposition Grand Alliance was voted to power in the state.

The charter, which Kushwaha had come up while he was still with the NDA and the Union Minister of State for HRD, includes drastic proposals like recruitment of teachers through the state public service commission, total disengagement of teachers from tasks not related to education and making 75 percent attendance mandatory for students.

It has been long since I had submitted the charter of demands to the state government. I had even offered to sacrifice my partys political interests if the Nitish Kumar government agreed to these important educational reforms. But it simply did not care, Kushwaha told reporters.

But the demands are important and we are going to press these. From February 02, our party would be launching a state-wide drive during which signatures of one crore citizens will be collected endorsing our charter of demands. A truckload of papers containing these documents would then be sent to the Chief Ministers residence, the RLSP chief who has now joined the Mahagathbandhan comprising parties like the RJD and the Congress said.