The issue of migration is once again taking centre stage in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) Tejashwi Yadav launched a campaign two years ago highlighting the exodus from the state. More recently, the Congress’ Kanhaiya Kumar undertook a month-long march advocating ‘Stop Migration, Provide Jobs’. Political strategist Prashant Kishor has consistently labelled migration as Bihar’s most pressing problem in his rallies.
According to many reports, migration from Bihar paints a grim picture. The state has been termed as the second state, after Uttar Pradesh, from where maximum migration takes place.
However, when Outlook India sought the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) perspective on the persistent migration, a party leader dismissed the idea of work-driven exodus, claiming people migrate out of choice and not out of distress.
To verify this claim, Outlook India travelled to Bihar’s villages to investigate whether any labourer was migrating out of choice.
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00:00When Indra Gandhi was the government, we were in Punjab.
00:06We were doing the job in Punjab.
00:08Now, Indra Gandhi thought, how many days he died?
00:12There is no doubt here that everyone will go to gain.
00:16If he will not gain, he will die here.
00:30But in the real world, there is no doubt about the people who are going to gain.
00:44But in the real world, there is no doubt about the people who are going to eat.
00:57foreign
01:27There is no time, no factory, no work.
01:31We have three brothers and three brothers.
01:36Three brothers and three brothers are living outside.
01:38Before I was my father, he was living outside.
01:41He was also living in the house.
01:44The city of Manu Manal is not a problem with the city.
01:49We have to deal with the city.
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02:22We have no need to eat food here.
02:37We live in Delhi, Bombay or Puna.
02:45We were sold to Saudi Saudi.
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03:17the Chinese factory. So, I don't know if the government's thinking about it,
03:23it has been closed. It has also been a part of our business.