Jharkhand wing of the Congress party has planned to celebrate birth centenary of one of it’s dedicated workers and a social reformer in many ways, Abdurrazaq Ansari in a big way. Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay said on Saturday that the centenary celebration, formally scheduled to be launched by Governor Droupadi Murmu on Sunday would conclude on April 30.
“The events under the aegis of Abdurrazak Ansari Birth Centenary Events Committee has already started on the birthday of Ansari on January 24. However, the series of events will formally launched on January 29 in Aryabhatt Auditorium of Ranchi University by Governor Droupadi Murmu, where ex-CM Babulal Marandi, Ranchi MP Ramtahal Choudhary, ex-Vigilance Commissioner Amareshwar Sahay, ex-MP Furkan Ansari, Subodh Kant Sahay and others will also be present,” said Sayed Ansari, eldest son of Abdurrazak Ansari.
He said that medical camps will be organised in rural areas of all the districts of State, apart from Kavi-Sammelan and Mushairas in March, which never happen in rural areas. He said that the President Pranab Mukherjee was being requested to be present in the concluding ceremony at IRBA in April during his probable visit to Jharkhand.
Meanwhile, Sahay condemned Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reply to Election Commission in which central bank refused to allow weekly withdrawal of `2 lakh for candidates contesting upcoming Assembly elections in five States.