State Congress chief Dr Ajoy Kumar on Thursday alleged that PM Narendra Modi is playing a cruel joke on farmers of State by inaugurating Mandal Dam project in Palamau when only 100 days are left for his current tenure. He said the programme scheduled on coming Saturday was aimed to gain political mileage prior to the general elections.
Kumar along with former Minister KN Tripathi were addressing the media persons at party headquarter in Ranchi. He stated that Tripathi and large group of displaced people would start a 58-kilometer padyatra from Friday and submit a memorandum to PM on uprooted people and also the changes in detailed project report of the dam.
Kumar stated the foundation stone for dam was laid in 1970 by the then PM Indira Gandhi adding that by 1993 a large part of the work was completed. “It was after the then executive engineer BN Mishra was killed by extremists on the spot that work stopped,” he stated.
He claimed very few farmers have benefitted from Swarnarekha project adding the Government should come out with data in this regard. He alleged that there is ‘loot’ in name of providing water supply from the project.
Dr Kumar alleged, “PM fears the black shoes which could be displayed in protest owing to State Government’s failures. Jharkhand CM has forgotten about fake encounter in Bakoria in Palmau. The accused of fake encounter are trying remove the evidences while the Government is attempting to influence the CBI. The central agency is also in the dock for its ways of functioning”.
He said the fact that State Government did not take up 17 hunger deaths in Garwah sensitively has instilled fear of black clothes in PM. He added PM is also afraid due to para-teacher’s agitation and police lathi-charge on teachers and the journalists.
The Congress State president said there is resentment among the adivasis and the minorities against State Government. The State Government has also failed to control crime, murder, loot, dacoity and crime against women. He claimed people are also angry over the huge amount of money spent for PM visits.