The STate Government on Saturday defended the supplementary demand of Rs 796.78 crore for the year 2013-14 and managed to pass it in the House. With this the Hemant Soren Government expressed hope that the money would be used in right manner to take forward Jharkhand.
Cabinet Coordination Minister Rajendra Singh while answering to former Chief Minister Arjun Munda, who had expressed concern over non release of food grain to additional 11 lakh BlP families that were included into the list by the BJP-led Government, said that the new Government had approached the Centre.“The tuti-futi (fragile) Government would act in taking the State forward. Issuance of food grains has been stopped and we have approached the Union Government in this regard. Delhi would come here and help the Chief Minister in meeting the aspirations of the State,” said Singh.
He also assured the industry people that full protection would be given the investors and invited the corporate houses to set up plants. later the Chief Minister also appealed the members to tender constructive suggestions and not to use expressions like “murder of democracy” for his Government formation exercise.
Independent MlA Bandhu Trikey, extending crucial support to the Government, pitched for ministerial berth once again. “This Budget is to meet fiscal discipline. But I appeal that the institutions like IIM-R, Central University, law University take locals as well. Rajendra Singh should understand that we (Independents) are spare parts and we have to take us along. Please do not allow his Central Ministers to talk rubbish,” said Trikey, indicating towards Jairam Ramesh.
Whereas BJP’s Arjun Munda demanded form the House to pass a resolution and demand from the Centre to reinstate old criteria defining BlP and not the recent Planning Commission proposal to fix at Rs 27. “This would put all the poor of the State out of the BPl category. It would be a great disservice to the State and create anarchy here,” said Munda.
JVM’s Pradeep Yadav questioned the logic of demanding additional money when the Government has not been able to spend the allocated money in the main Budget. He also critised Hemant Soren for demanding special status for the State amid poor expenditure condition. Some members expressed their displeasure and blamed the officials for altering with questions asked by them fabricating the answers. Arvind Singh and Nirbhay Sahbadi of JVM alleged that their questions were changed.