Patna, July 17 -- Calling out the Bihar government a "nakalchi sarkar", Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday accused CM Nitish Kumar of copying his idea of providing free electricity.

The RJD leader stated that earlier, Nitish Kumar was against the idea of providing free electricity; however, after he proposed the scheme, the Bihar CM ended up copying it.

Ahead of Bihar elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced that eligible domestic consumers across the state will receive up to 125 units of electricity free of cost starting August 1, a move set to benefit around 1.67 crore families.

"This same Nitish Kumar used to say that free electricity should not be provided. Tejashwi said "200 units free" and ...