Incumbent Lok Sabha MP from Palamu Vishnu Dayal Ram and RJD candidate Ghuran Ram today filed nominations for Lok Sabha polls flanked by Chief Minister Raghubar Das and Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav respectively in Medininagar on Saturday. The two candidates after filing nomination papers amid much pomp and show also held public meetings in the town.
BJP’s Palamu candidate, VD Ram, who happens to be a former DGP of the State, thanked the people of his constituency and said that his party will register win in all seats of Jharkhand. He hailed the works done by BJP led government at the Centre and asked the people to support the party for bringing all round development in the country.
Speaking to media persons after the nomination process Chief Minister Raghubar Das, said that the people of the nation would realise the pledge of 400 plus seats in 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He said that the NDA will win in all the seats of the State and help the BJP get historic mandate.
Das said that the Congress for 55 years nurtured rich people and betrayed the poor people. “In previous Lok Sabha polls people made son of a poor man the Prime Minister of the country after being fed up with the UPA’s corruption, nepotism and favouritism. He implemented various schemes for the welfare of poor and socially excluded people. The double engine government at the Centre and the State brought development and tightened noose around terrorism. India got a distinct place in the world in leadership of Modi ji,” he said.
The CM said that while opposing PM Modi the Congress party have started opposing issues of national interest. “The ‘Mahagathbandhan’ has been formed to save the politics of family and dynasty. In this election, democracy will be strengthened while the dynasty and family politics will be eliminated from the country. BJP is a party established for cultural nationalism with development,” he said.
Talking about development in Palamu, Das said that Palamu is the land of farmers who provide foodgrains. “Government has thought much about farmers and given respect to them. The funds given to farmers for seeds, compost has brought them out of the clutches of the money lenders. The government is increasing irrigation facilities in the district through mandal Dam and other irrigation schemes. Emphasis is being given on women's empowerment through Sakhi mandals. Also, Jharkhand government is the first government, which has given jobs to more than one lakh unemployed in a day.”
Minister Ramchandra Chandravanshi, MLA Radhakrishna Kishore, Satyendra Nath Tiwari, Alok Chaurasia, Palamu District BJP president Narender Pandey Garwa District BJP president Om Prakash Keeshari and State media charge Shiv Pujan Pathak.