Chief Minister Raghubar Das launching a scathing attack on the parties in the Opposition said that the Government under him would not let anyone to indulge into corrupt practices while referring to the misdeeds allegedly done before.
Addressing the gathering at the closing ceremony of two-day Bansidhar Mahotsava at Nagar Untari, which has been renamed as Bansidhar Nagar now, the Chief Minister also underlined the good works done by the BJP regimes both at the Center and the State to set a comparison.
“Those who are passing statements about development have been in power for 67 years after independence.
They can only talk, be in power or in the Opposition. But the Raghubar Das Government would not budge under this and allow anyone to loot Jharkhand. We have eradicated brokers from politics and otherwise,” said the CM at the event.
He reiterated that the Government wanted to bring smile on the faces of the poor in the State and named schemes meant to women empowerment, skill development for youths, healthcare etc to drive home his point.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always stressed over skilling youths who may not be very well education but can have skills.
State Government has made provision for Rs 700 crore in the Budget for skilling youths. We are going to provide one lakh more jobs on January 12,” added the CM. Coming to the agrarian background of Palamu division, Raghubar Das invited farmers of the region to come and attend the Global Food and Agriculture Summit slated to take place on November 29-30 in Ranchi.
“The Prime Minister has talked about doubling farm income by 2022. The Summit being organised in Ranchi this month is a step in that direction itself.
Farmers from all the three districts should attend the event in great number where latest techniques and farm marking skills would be on display.
I came to know about massive vegetable production in this belt which can be exported to the European countries and to the Gulf for better income to the farmers.
This can also free them from middlemen active,” added the CM.
Talking about benefits of e-NAM, the CM mentioned about the decision of the Government to provided smart phones to all 28 lakh farmers of the State so that the electronic marketing platform can be used to their benefit.
“We are going to provide mobile phones to all the farmers of the State so that they can use e-NAM and earn better price of their produce without being exploited in the hands of the brokers,” he said.
On the occasion he also launched postal stamps dedicated to the Bansidhar Temple and also declared formation of Bansidhar block besides renaming the old town after the famous religious place belonging to Lord Krishna and Radha.
Urban Development Minister CP Singh, Palamu MP VD Ram, MLAs Bhanu Pratap Sahi and Radha Krishna Kishore were also present there.