Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the birth anniversary of Lord Birsa Munda is being celebrated as National Tribal Pride Day across the country. Tribal Pride Day is an honest effort to rectify a great injustice of history. After independence, the contribution of the tribal class was not given the place in history, which they deserved. Tribal society is the one who made Prince Ram a God. It led the fight for hundreds of years to protect India's culture and independence. In the decades after independence, an attempt was made to erase the invaluable contribution of the tribal class. There was selfish politics behind this. The Prime Minister said that for the overall welfare of the tribal society, many schemes are being run and work is being done for their economic and social development. Prime Minister Modi was addressing the National Tribal Pride Day organized in Jamui district of Bihar on the 150th birth anniversary of Lord Birsa Munda.
Prime Minister Modi said that on the 150th birth anniversary of Dharti Aba Bhagwan Birsa Munda, projects worth more than Rs 6 thousand crore have been inaugurated. In this, schools and hostels shaping the future of tribal children, health facilities for tribal women, hundreds of kilometers of roads connecting tribal areas, tribal museums are dedicated and acceptance letters for permanent houses have been distributed to 1.5 lakh tribal families. Also, today on the day of Dev Deepawali, more than 11 thousand tribal families have been given entry into their houses.
Prime Minister Modi virtually inaugurated Badal Bhoi Tribal Freedom Fighter Museum of Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh and Raja Shankar Shah and Raghunath Shah Freedom Fighter Museum of Jabalpur.
Governor Mangubhai Patel, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, Deputy Chief Minister and Shahdol district's Minister incharge Rajendra Shukl attended the state-level Tribal Pride Day celebrations organized at Shahdol district headquarters of Madhya Pradesh. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Cottage and Village Industries Dilip Jaiswal, Sidhi MP Rajesh Mishra, Chairman Coal Development Authority Ramlal Rotel and public representatives were also present. Governor Patel and Chief Minister Yadav inaugurated the program by lighting the lamp. The guests were welcomed as per tribal tradition.
Governor Patel said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, unprecedented works of tribal welfare are being done in the entire country. PM Jan Man Yojana and Sickle Cell Eradication Mission are a great campaign for tribal welfare. In this campaign, the state government is doing excellent work for tribal welfare. Through many departments, effective efforts are continuously being made to bring the most backward tribes into the mainstream of development.
atel said that it is a matter of good fortune for the state that the resolution of Sickle Cell Eradication Mission was taken from the land of Madhya Pradesh. The central and state governments are carrying out tests and awareness campaigns on an intensive level towards the elimination of sickle cell. So far, sickle cell screening of 82 lakh people has been completed in the state. Governor Patel, while taking information about the sickle cell tests in Shahdol district, directed the officials to complete the work of sickle cell card distribution soon.
The Governor said that the most effective way to prevent sickle cell is awareness about this disease. He said that before marriage, the boy and the girl must match their sickle cell report cards. He said that the child's sickle cell test must be done during pregnancy and even after birth of the child. Patel called upon everyone that testing and awareness about sickle cell is the collective responsibility of all of us. Governor Shri Patel paid his respects to Bhagwan Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary and also remembered the great revolutionaries and tribal leader of the state and the country.
