{"id":6201,"date":"2025-11-17T12:24:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/?p=6201"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:24:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:54:55","slug":"%e2%82%b914000-crore-from-world-bank-funds-allegedly-diverted-ahead-of-bihar-polls-claimsjan-suraaj-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/?p=6201","title":{"rendered":"\u20b914,000 Crore from World Bank Funds Allegedly Diverted Ahead of Bihar Polls, Claims,Jan Suraaj Party."},"content":{"rendered":"

Patna\/New Delhi| 17th November 2025:\"\"<\/p>\n

In a startling allegation ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, the Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) has accused the incumbent government of diverting \u20b914,000 crore of World Bank-backed funds to influence electoral outcomes. The claim, made Sunday by JSP spokesperson Pavan Varma, centers on the assertion that money originally earmarked for a development project was instead channelled to women voters just before the model code of conduct came into effect.<\/p>\n

According to Varma, the funds\u2014drawn from a World Bank-supported scheme\u2014were transferred hours before the poll panel\u2019s code kicked in, with roughly 1.25 crore women receiving \u20b910,000 each under the state\u2019s women-employment initiative. Varma said: \u201cJust an hour before the model code of conduct was implemented, \u20b914,000 crore were withdrawn and \u20b910,000 each was allocated to 1.25 crore women\u2026 If this is wrong, I wish to apologise \u2013 but if it is true then the question arises how far it is ethical.\u201d<\/p>\n

He further noted that Bihar\u2019s public debt currently stands at about \u20b94,06,000 crore, and the interest burden alone runs to approximately \u20b963 crore a day. Varma claimed lingering rumours in the state suggest the remaining funds would not be released unless the ruling alliance was returned to power.<\/p>\n

In response, Union Minister Chirag Paswan rejected the allegations as \u201cempty claims.\u201d He demanded evidence, asking \u201cWhere do they get this data from If you have any facts, present them and the government will respond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Analysts say the charge highlights growing unease over election-financing and the transparency of fund utilisation in one of India\u2019s most politically contested states. The JSP\u2019s claim, if verified, could raise questions about the accountability of international development funds when used in politically sensitive contexts.<\/p>\n

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The ruling alliance has not yet publicly submitted a detailed rebuttal of the specific figures. Meanwhile, the allegation is expected to figure prominently in campaign debates as votes are cast in the 2025 Bihar Assembly election.
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Patna\/New Delhi| 17th November 2025: In a startling allegation ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, the Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) has accused the incumbent government of diverting \u20b914,000 crore of World Bank-backed funds to influence electoral outcomes. The claim, made Sunday by JSP spokesperson Pavan Varma, centers on the assertion that money originally earmarked for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57,56,66,467,173,60,283,59],"tags":[487,209,486,90,481,152,249,213,482,492,491,484,361,95,483,488,489,70,270,214,28,473,490,157,485,479,91,432],"class_list":["post-6201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-business","category-crime","category-government","category-kolkata","category-national","category-news-united-india","category-politics","tag-bidhan-sabha","tag-bihar","tag-biharwin","tag-bjp","tag-breaking-news","tag-congress","tag-cpim","tag-cpm","tag-india-wb","tag-jan-suraj-party","tag-jansurajparty","tag-jsp","tag-khaboor","tag-kolkata","tag-laluyadav","tag-modi","tag-narendramodi","tag-news","tag-news-united-india","tag-newsunitedindia","tag-people","tag-pm","tag-pm-office","tag-politics","tag-prasantkishore","tag-rjd","tag-tmc","tag-vote"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6203,"href":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6201\/revisions\/6203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}