Already facing stiff resistance from Opposition parties like the JMM, JVM and Congress, the Government is set to face further heat from inside. Major ally of the BJP-led Government, AJSU has gone ahead creating more troubles and intensify its resistance against the burning issues such domicile and CNT-SPT amendments.
The party with four of its legislators supporting the Government from inside on Sunday started ‘Jan Ki Baat’ programme across the State to make highlighting the issues at hand. Discontented with the domicile policy adopted by the present Government, AJSU under the first phase of its communication drive meant to regroup people would collect feelings of five lakh citizens through postcards that would be send to Chief Minister Raghubar Das requesting him to make necessary corrections into it.
Party chief Sudesh Mahto on Sunday flagged-off 100 vehicles to different parts of the State to collect postcards from all 5000 villages through 1000 volunteers engaged for the purpose.
“Being a coalition partner of the State Government, it is also our duty to convey feelings of the people to the Chief Minister. It would be done though ‘Jan Ki Baat’ where the feelings of five lakh people regarding the domicile policy will be conveyed to him though post,” said the AJSU chief addressing a press conference and added that such feelings have already been conveyed to him earlier also personally and though a letter to the Chief Minister, but no any positive action was taken in this regard.
“Party now believes that this subject is not related only to a party which does regional politics in the State but it will have a far reaching impact on the people of this State. Hence, like a good ally in the State Government, we will try to make it aware of the sentiments of the people of this state though ‘Jan Ki Baat’,” Mahto added.
Mahto along with the other leaders of the party also released an open letter to the Chief Minister where it has clearly been depicted that the decisions take recently by the State Government regarding the policy and Ordinance on CNT/SPT Act were actually anti-tribal and was also contrary to the dreams of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for this State.
The campaign has been started on the martyrdom day of Shaheed Nirmal Mahto from all the 24 districts of Jharkhand which will continue till the November 15, the death anniversary of Birsa Munda, in three phases. Through this campaign, the party will try to make this government aware of the feelings of 25 lakh people of this state. Presently AJSU has four legislators in the Assembly and one of them Chandra Prakash Chowdhary is holding Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister charge.