Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will celebrate this Diwali with members of Musahar and Vantangiya communities.
The Musahar community, which was neglected for decades and brought into the mainstream of society with Yogi government’s efforts in the last five and half years, has been invited to the Diwali celebrations with the chief minister while it has become a ritual for Yogi to celebrate Diwali with the Vantangiya people.
The Yogi Adityanath government has been working dedicatedly in the last five and a half years for the uplift and welfare of the underprivileged and the deprived in the state. As a result of Yogi’s efforts, the Musahar community, which faced hunger, malnutrition, poverty and neglect for years, is now able to celebrate the festivals with fervour and gaiety.
Owing to the sustained efforts of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the children of the Musahar communities, mainly daughters, are attaining education and are moving towards achieving self-reliance. Two such daughters of the Musahar community, after completing training from the Rashtriya Raksha University, have become the ‘Lakshmi’ of their homes by performing duties as ‘security guards’ in Telangana.
There are about 10,414 Musahar families living in Kushinagar district’s 138 gram sabhas. The previous governments before 2017 continued to neglect the development of the Musahar families, due to which the community suffered hunger, malnutrition and various illnesses.
Ever since Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took over the reins of the state, it was ensured that all the deprived families benefitted from the schemes that were launched for them. The community ever since has been receiving the benefits of several schemes, and getting rice, wheat and gram through the public distribution system.
About 8,000 houses have been built under PM Awas Yojana (Rural) in 10 Musahar-dominated development blocks in the district and additional houses have been built as part of the Chief Minister Awas Yojana.
The community has been made aware of the importance of cleanliness and about 10,159 families have been provided with toilets. Job cards of almost all eligible Musahars have been made under MGNREGA in Kushinagar district to ensure that there is no hindrance to the livelihood of Musahars.
The Musahars presently are not only leading quality life with the presence of all basic amenities by being benefited through government schemes but also the distant dream of providing education to their children is also being fulfilled. The efforts of Yogi Adityanath towards uplift and empowerment of the Musahar community has been yielding fruitful results with the daughters belonging to the community becoming self-reliant and setting an example before the country.
Kiran and Sandhya belonging to the marginalised Musahar community of Sukrauli Madanpur village have been serving as ‘security guards’ in Telangana by undergoing training from the Rashtriya Raksha University, Gujarat.