The State BJP unit on Tuesday felicitated elected panchayat representatives at Harmu ground. As many as 5000 elected panchayat representatives included Zila Parishad member, Panchayat Samiti member, Mukhiya, Zilla Parishad chief and others. These elected representatives are either members of BJP or associated with BJP.
Addressing the gathering, Chief Guest and Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj, Kapil Moreshwar Patil said that the panchayat jan pratinidhi is key to the development of the village. Patil, praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said that since Independence the country has seen various Prime Ministers such as Pandit Nehru who comes from noble family, Indira Gandhi becoming a woman Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi a youth, Vishwanath Pratap Singh from a royal family, Deve Gowda becoming prime minister as anyone can become PM, Morarji Desai an old man becoming prime minister, Narasimha Rao an intellectual becoming PM, Manmohan Singh did not need a prime minister and Narendra Modi proved the point of becoming a poor chai wala becoming Prime Minister at the same time Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have ruled without becoming Prime Minister.
Praising the State BJP unit, Patil said that Jharkhand is the first State in the country where Panchayat representatives have been felicitated at the State level. He said that the Prime Minister of the country, Narendra Modi wants that the development of the villages of India should be of world class. The village should get all kinds of facilities so that there is no migration of people towards the city.
Patil said that the Central government had provided Rs 2938 crore in 2020-21 for the development of the village of Jharkhand. The Central government has a five-year plan, in which it is planned to spend Rs 8574 crore. He said that the Modi government works without any discrimination.
While addressing the panchayat representatives, State President cum MP Deepak Prakash said that the party workers live for the society. He said that the JMM/Congress alliance government was forced to hold elections after the Bharatiya Janata Party's agitation for holding panchayat elections. But in the election, the State government snatched the rights of the backwards.
Leader of Legislature Party Babulal Marandi, while addressing the gathering said that 53 per cent of the Bharatiya Janata Party workers have been elected as Panchayat representatives in the Panchayat elections, for which everyone deserves congratulations. He said that for the sake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Sabka Saath- Sabka Vikas and Sabka Vishwas, all you Panchayat representatives have to work together to bring public welfare schemes to the ground.
He said that in today's time there is a robbery government in the State and in such a situation we all have to be alert to get the benefits of the schemes to the poor. Marandi said that people in villages are not getting regular ration in many districts for several months while Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced to give free ration to the poor till December.