Patna, July 31 -- A day after Nitish Kumar announced a significant hike in the honorarium for ASHA and Mamta workers, former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav took a swipe at former, accusing the NDA government of being incompetent for "sitting on the decision" for two years.

He took credit for initiating the process of increasing the incentive amount for ASHA and Mamta workers during his stint as Health Minister. He claimed that his former ally, Nitish Kumar, had "backtracked" from the decision.

"During my 17 months as Health Minister, I had initiated the process of increasing the incentive amount for ASHA and Mamta workers, which was in its final stage, but by then, the government and the...