Modi-Nitish’s ministers are playing ‘double game’…Biggest revelation in RTI, stir from Delhi to Patna!

RTI disclosure: Such an example of ‘honorable shamelessness’ of honorable people has come to light which you will be shocked to know. There was such a revelation in RTI that once you know about it, you will also be forced to think about how cunning are the politicians who reach the chair by giving bundles of promises to the rural poor.

Recently, information revealed through an RTI has raised a big political question. Because many leaders of Bihar and Central government are taking both salary and pension at the same time. The disclosure came in response to an RTI filed on December 2, 2025, which names eight leaders. These include ministers of Modi government and Nitish Kumar government, due to which the matter has become even more serious.

Modi and Nitish’s ministers included

The most shocking names of the leaders revealed in RTI are those of Union Minister Satish Chandra Dubey and Bihar Finance Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav. Apart from these, leaders like Upendra Kushwaha, Devesh Chandra Thakur, Lalan Kumar Saraf, Nitish Mishra, Sanjay Singh and Bhola Yadav are also included in the list. All the leaders have been taking their pension without any interruption for many years, whereas as per the rules, it is completely illegal to take pension while being a member of any House. Below is the pension list revealed through RTI.

Know who is taking pension since when?

Upendra Kushwaha is a Rajya Sabha MP and has been taking pension since 2005. He is an ally of NDA and President of Rashtriya Lok Morcha. Satish Chandra Dubey is currently the Union Minister of State in the Government of India. He was earlier an MLA and Lok Sabha MP, then joined the Rajya Sabha in 2019. Bijendra Prasad Yadav has been MLA from Supaul since 1990 and is currently the Finance and Energy Minister of Bihar.

JDU leader and Lok Sabha MP from 2024 Devesh Chandra Thakur is also the former chairman of the Legislative Council. Lalan Saraf is a senior JDU leader and Legislative Council member. Nitish Mishra is a BJP MLA and he claims that he is not getting pension right now. Sanjay Singh is JDU MLC and is a pensioner since 2018.

After all, what does the pension rule say?

The rules regarding pension and salary are very clear. If a person is a member of any house and is taking salary, then he cannot get pension. Life certificate will have to be submitted every year to prove that the pensioner is alive and eligible. Apart from this, to continue the pension, it is necessary to give a written statement that the person is no longer working in any post in the state or central government.

Questions on the intentions and system of the leaders!

This raises a big question as to how ministers and MPs are getting pension. Experts say that despite violating the rules, pension coming into the accounts of these leaders is a serious administrative lapse and it raises questions on the government system.

What did RTI activists and lawyers say?

Patna High Court senior lawyer Sarvdev Singh has called it a case of “economic offence”. He says that no respectable person can take pension while holding office. Despite this, if this is happening, then it is a violation of both pension rules and laws. Activist Shiv Prakash Rai, who filed the RTI, says that he has taken this information from government records and has made it public for transparency.

What did Netaji say on taking wrong pension?

According to Dainik Bhaskar, when contacted, most of the leaders did not receive their calls. However, some clarified that their pension has not been credited to their account or has been recorded incorrectly. In the conversation, Devesh Chandra Thakur and Nitish Mishra described this information as incomplete and said that if any pension has been credited to their account, they will return it.

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Thakur clearly said that he never requested for pension. Along with this, Nitish Mishra claimed that he had received only one month’s pension in 2015, when he was not a member of any house. But he has not received pension since becoming a member of the House.

Pension issue will become a big political controversy

On the other hand, after the RTI list came out in political circles, opposition parties have started raising questions on the transparency and corruption of the government. This matter can become a big political controversy in the coming days, because it involves sitting ministers of central and state governments.