Patna, Sept. 9 -- Taking a dig at the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal, Bihar's Labour Resource Development Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha said on Wednesday that the people of Bihar won't return to the lantern (RJD poll symbol) period as LED bulbs were in use now.

On Wednesday, RJD leader and Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav announced support to self-help groups and unemployed persons who had called for lighting of lamps, candles, and lanterns for nine minutes at 9 p.m. on Wednesday to register their protest against privatisation and "acute joblessness" in Bihar. "Our party supports this campaign. Today, the biggest issue in the country is unemployment," Tejashwi said.

The Minister retorted: "In the last 15 years under the National Democr...