A delegation of BJP legislators led by State BJP president Babulal Marandi and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Amar Kumar Bauri today marched to Raj Bhawan where the BJP MLAs met Governor CP Radhakrishnan and submitted a memorandum to him demanding legal action against the incumbent State Government.
The memorandum signed by BJP legislators stated that the Hemant government's 4 years of failures and broken promises have forced the general public, youth, women, farmers, Dalits and tribals to protest. The people of the state are not only facing the crisis of basic facilities like roads, electricity, health, education but are also living in fear and terror.
“Sir, incidents of murder, robbery, kidnapping, rape, theft and dacoity are making headlines in newspapers every day. The morale of criminals has increased to such an extent that they are succeeding in committing murders even in jail. The government is not providing security to the traders even when they ask for them, they are being killed. Even policemen are not safe,” it further said.
The delegation said that power-supported corruption has created a record. With the loot of mines, minerals, sand, stones and land, Jharkhand has now become the witness of independent India's biggest cash scandal. The actions of the ruling coalition have brought disgrace and shame to the state.
“Sir, amidst the broken law and order system and acts of rampant corruption, a constitutional crisis has arisen in the state. The Chief Minister of the state is facing serious allegations of patronizing and promoting corruption. The Chief Minister himself is surrounded by ED action against corruption in the state. Many senior IAS officers of the state are in jail,” it said.
“Sir, ED has written letters to the state government with solid evidence to register a case against officials, middlemen and brokers involved in corruption, but instead of taking action on it, the Chief Minister is sitting idle on it,” said the memorandum.
The delegation stated through the memorandum that the Chief Minister has defied all constitutional norms. ED has sent six summons to him for questioning but he is continuously running away from questioning. The statements being given by him against the investigating agencies on a daily basis have violated the constitutional limits.
“If the Chief Minister of the state starts openly violating the law, then how can this government talk to the general public about following the law? …Now the circumstances of the state demand a constitutional solution. You are the constitutional head of the state. This delegation of the State Bharatiya Janata Party Legislature Party has come before you to appeal to the people with a message of distress,” it stated and urged the Governor to take legal action in the light of the circumstances in the interest of the state without any delay.
Apart from Marandi and Bauri, MLAs CP Singh, Biranchi Narayan, JP Patel, Naveen Jaiswal, Anant Kumar Ojha, Koche Munda, Kedar Hazra, Bhanu Pratap Shahi, Neera Yadav, Raj Sinha, Narayan Das, Amit Mandal, Dhullu Mahato, Alok Chaurasia, Manish Jaiswal, Samri Lal, Aparna Sengupta, Shashi Bhushan Mehta, Kishun Kumar Das and Pushpa Devi were in the delegation.
BJP protest against Govt in all the districts
The state BJP has decided to protest against the power-supported corruption prevalent in the state, collapsed law and order system and constitutional crisis. As per the instructions of the State President, on December 21, the party decided to protest against the Hemant government in all the districts. State General Secretary and Headquarters in-charge Dr. Pradeep Verma said that thousands of people and BJP workers will participate in the demonstration in all the districts. He said that a memorandum will be submitted to the Governor through the Deputy Commissioner demanding the dismissal of the state government.
