Three demands, one letter — and a direct challenge to the Nitish Kumar government. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, wrote to the Chief Minister on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, demanding an immediate halt to what he called improper transfers of Urdu, Arabic, and Persian teachers in state-run schools, urgent clearance of long-pending salaries for staff at aided madrasas and Sanskrit vidyalayas, and guaranteed posting of Urdu and Sanskrit teachers in every government school across the state. Posting on X, Yadav wrote: 'बिहार के सरकारी विद्यालयों में उर्दू, अरबी एवं फारसी शिक्षकों के अनुचित स्थानांतरण तथा अनुदानित मदरसों एवं संस्कृत विद्यालयों के शिक्षक-कर्मियों के लंबित वेतन के अविलंब भुगतान...' — in plain terms: teachers are being moved without reason, their colleagues in aided institutions are waiting on salaries owed to them, and students in state schools are going without Urdu and Sanskrit instruction altogether.

Three grievances, one letter to Nitish Kumar

The letter bundles three distinct but connected failures. First, the transfers: Yadav alleges that Urdu, Arabic, and Persian teachers in Bihar's government schools are being relocated in ways that are administratively unjustified — a charge that, if substantiated, would mean students in those schools lose access to language instruction mid-year. Second, the salary backlog: staff at aided madrasas and Sanskrit vidyalayas — two parallel, state-supported streams of traditional education — are reportedly waiting on wages that have not been cleared. Third, the deployment gap: Yadav is demanding that every government school be guaranteed at least one Urdu and one Sanskrit teacher, implying that hundreds of schools currently have neither.

A recurring fault line in Bihar's education administration

This is not the first time Bihar's opposition has raised alarms about the state's parallel schooling streams. The state runs a complex education architecture — modern government schools, aided madrasas offering religious and general instruction, and Sanskrit vidyalayas preserving classical learning — each with its own cadre of teachers and funding pipelines. When fiscal pressure mounts or administrative attention lapses, it is typically the staff at these aided and specialised institutions who feel it first: delayed salaries, unresolved transfer orders, and unfilled vacancies. For the teachers in question — Urdu, Arabic, and Persian instructors in mainstream schools, and the madrasa and Sanskrit school workforce — the stakes are livelihood and continuity of service. For students, particularly in minority-concentrated districts and in communities that rely on Sanskrit education, it translates directly into gaps in the classroom.

What the Bihar Education Department must answer

Yadav's letter puts the Bihar Education Department and the Finance Department on notice. The immediate question is whether the government will respond with a concrete timeline for salary clearance and a freeze on the disputed transfers before the next legislative session. Any supplementary budget demand or assembly question on this issue will now carry the weight of a formal, on-record letter from the Leader of the Opposition — making it harder to dismiss as routine political noise. The letter lands at a moment when Bihar's education administration is under broader scrutiny. Whether it produces a departmental response or a floor fight in the Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav has drawn a clear line: the state's most linguistically and institutionally diverse teachers cannot be the last in line.