State BJP spokesperson Pratul Shahdeo on Monday said that there has been unprecedented development in the State under the leadership of Chief Minister Raghubar Das. The Chief Minister is going directly to the public by writing an account of the development work done during last five year. They are also giving direct information to the people about the development work done in that area and in the State, he said.
“The Chief Minister is making direct contact between the government and public. The benefit of CM’s visit is that people's trust in governance has increased and people are joining it with enthusiasm. The Chief Minister visited various districts of Jharkhand for a record 526 times in the last five years and came to know about the problems of the people and the progress of schemes through public meetings and public relations,” he said in a press conference here on Monday.
Pratul said that earlier during opposition’s reign the ex-Chief Minister used to go to Goa for a weekly holiday on government expenditure, while on other hand Raghubar Das has served the public continuously without taking leave during his Chief Minister's term. “While earlier Chief Ministers used to sit in the air-conditioned rooms for gathering information about progress of Government’s schemes, Raghubar Das focus on visiting ground for taking stock of ground reality,” he added.
Shahdeo said, “Four-and-a-half years ago, Government launched various schemes of mass cooperation with the Yojna Banao Abhiyan. The highlight of the scheme was that Chief Minister made common people a part of the scheme giving them opportunity to draw the development of their region.
Whether it is the village development committee or the 14th Finance Commission, the people took cooperation in the installation of street lights, water tanks in the village.”
Pratul said that it has never happened in the State that a Chief Minister has visited Santhal Pargana 162 times in the last five years. The Chief Minister visited Santhal Pargana 162 times in five years. Santhal has given three Chief Ministers to Jharkhand. But Raghubar Das has pioneered the development of Santhal Parganas in mission mode, added he.
Shahdeo further said that Das in last five years has visited Dumka 68 times, Pakur 23 times, Godda 18 times, Sahebganj 15 times, Jamtara eleven times, Deoghar 27 times. On an average he had visited thrice in month in Santhal districts.
Shahdeo said that during the Jan Ashirwad Yatra started from Jamtara by the BJP national president Amit Shah; the Chief Minister received unprecedented support from the people of the State.
Pratul said that since the launch of Jan Ashirwad Yatra the CM has addressed 57 small 38 big gatherings in last 19 days with an average of interacting two lakh people every day. The CM has interacted 38 lakh in 19 days. Pratul said that the last phase of the Jan Ashirwad Yatra will begin in the remaining parts of Palamu and South Chotanagpur after Chhath.