MP CM Kamal Nath defends jobs-for-locals comment, points to Gujarat

Kamal Nath had made a controversial statement on Madhya Pradesh's "youth" losing jobs to migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday defended his controversial statement on Madhya Pradesh’s “youth” losing jobs to migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, saying states routinely favour their people in employment.

The Bharatiya Janata Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and the Janata Dal (United) or JD (U) had protested when Nath made the comment after being sworn in as Madhya Pradesh chief minister on Monday. The RJD is the main opposition party in Bihar and the JD (U) governs the state as part of an alliance.

"Such policy exists in other states also. Is it not there in Gujarat? What is