Congress' roadmap ready for Bihar : Jagdish Tytler

Congress is ready with a roadmap to strengthen the organisation and regain its lost glory in Bihar, its in-charge of the state Jagdish Tytler said.

Tytler told newsmen here last evening that he along with other senior Congress leaders will intensively tour Bihar 15 and seek the people's support for strenghtening the party's organisation and regaining its moorings under the 'gaon ki aor chalo'programme.

The former union minister is on a campaign trail to mobilise votes for his party nominees contesting the by-poll to 18 assembly seats in Bihar.

Criticising Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar, he alleged that it was a 'total failure on all fronts'.

"Whatever development has taken place in the state is only because of the funds provided by the Congress-led government at the Centre ... The state government has, however, been able to spend less than 48% of the assistance on different welfare schemes," he said.

The Bihar government had also failed to properly utilise funds allocated under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, he said adding "The callous attitude of the government towards reaching benefits under NREGA to unemployed persons can't be tolerated."

Alleging that Kumar-Lalu Prasad-Ramvilas Paswan trio were involved in caste politics in the state, Tytler said it is deterimental to the growth of a state.

Tytler said the peoples' response to Congress' programme has been overwhelming and people were viewing it with a new hope as it is the only one that could change the face of of the state.

Reiterating his party's stand against firming up electoral alliance with regional parties, including RJD of Lalu Prasad, he said the Congress highcommand wanted it to stand on its own in Bihar and return to power ending the rule of communal and fascist forces.

Tytler, who held election meetings at Kalyanpur and Warisnagar, claimed that his party would have better showing in the bye-elections.