JD(U) releases party manifesto

“BJP has not come out with any manifesto for the polls...  their manifesto seems to be mobile as their Prime Ministerial candidate is giving commitment to anything and everything wherever he goes,” Yadav said in a dig.

Kumar also slammed at BJP's centring their campaign around one person (Modi). Kumar advocated raising devolution of tax resources from common pool to the states from present 31 per cent to 50 per cent.

The JD(U) manifesto pledged that with a substantive presence in Parliament, it would strongly press for special category status for Bihar.

Expressing concern at violence and indignities on migrant labourers from Bihar and other backward states in other places, JD(U) promised to enact a Central law “Migrant Labour Protection Act” making it mandatory for states to guarantee security of life and property for migrants.

Migrant labourers from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh have been frequently targetted by the MNS of Raj Thackrey in Mumbai and Maharashtra. There have been reports of violence against such labourers in Assam, Punjab elsewhere, JD(U) said.

Tearing apart the ‘Gujarat model of development' by BJP, Kumar referred to a write-up which claimed for 1500 jobs of a revenue official at grassroot level at a monthly salary of Rs 5,300 in Gujarat, an astonishing 8.40 lakh people had applied.