Bihar Election: For the first time, out-migration becomes a sticky poll issue

Bihar Election: For the first time, out-migration becomes a sticky poll issue

Lalu Yadav, Nitish Kumar, and Tejashwi Yadav have rather proudly spoken of how the Bihari migrants have a critical role in the economies of other states which host them. These hapless migrants find succour of a kind, with the majority of them in menial and low-tier employment, mostly in the service sector in Mumbai, National Capital Region, Kolkata, and thinly spread across several states, as far as in Kerala. Though this indicates a failure in …