Over 500 AJSU party workers on Tuesday left for New Delhi to take part in the ‘Mahadharna’ to be staged at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to press their demand of special status for the state on November 15, the day Jharkhand came into being in the year 2000. AJSU party Chief Sudesh Mahto will flag off the second lot leaving for Delhi on Wednesday.
The party has also asked the speaker and deputy speaker of the Parliament to grant permission to pay homage to the statue of Bhagwan Birsa Munda located inside the Parliament to mark his birth anniversary. After that, a dharna will be staged at Jantar Mantar from 11 am to 4 pm, participated by all the leaders including former ministers as well as central office-bearers along with the party workers. According to the AJSU party spokesperson Deosharan Bhagat, the party workers are quite enthusiastic about the first ever programe of Jharkhand to be organised in New Delhi to press their demand of special status for the State.