Workers going from one state to another are not 'migrants': Nitish Kumar

People who have returned from other states do not need to leave because of helplessness, the chief minister says

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that his government is working on generating employment for all those who have returned to Bihar during the Covid-19 phase, and also slammed all those who had used the term 'migrants' for workers.

"People going from one state to the other are being called 'pravasi' (migrant). Why? This is one country, there is one nationality. A person going from one place to the other in the country isn't a migrant. If they go outside the country then they are," Kumar said at a press conference here on Wednesday.

"People who have returned from other states