Patna, July 02: Highlighting the plight of weavers’ community, the RJD today said the Bihar government had failed to bail out the regional handloom cooperative union building at Biharsharif which went under the hammer recently.
The building located in the Chief Minister’s home district was auctioned for Rs 18 lakh to clear off accumulated loan and other payments totalling Rs 3.7 lakh, RJD spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed Khan told reporters here.
About 50 lakh weavers of 11 districts have been rendered jobless as they will no more be able to purchase yarn and sell their handloom products at the building, he claimed.
The property, Khan said, was purchased at a throwaway price by a person reportedly related to the Chief Minister.
“(Nitish) Kumar himself managed the purchase of the weavers’ building by his relative,” the RJD leader alleged.
–Agencies