Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Thursday said that State Government will start the construction process of External Affairs office in State Capital, which will be in true sense paying respect to former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who passed away on Tuesday evening.
Addressing BJP workers and senior leaders at a condolence meet for Sushma Swaraj’s untimely demise at party office, Das said, “I had requested former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for setting up an external affairs office in Ranchi. Swaraj immediately agreed and gave the nod for setting up office in State Capital. The State Government had already allotted land at HEC for the office.”
Das further said, “I had even urged Sushma Ji to lay the foundation stone of new building to which she replied that after 2014 election she had not visited Jharkhand but she will come to Ranchi soon for laying the foundation stone of the external affairs building. But, in the meantime her health deteriorated and the foundation laying ceremony kept got delayed. By starting the construction process the State Government will pay true tributes to Sushma Ji.”
Meanwhile, the State BJP today organized a condolence meet which was attended by several ministers, MPs, MLAs and part leaders.
Chief Minister while throwing light on the life of Sushma Ji became emotional he said, “For me Sushma Swaraj was like an elder sister. She was loving and caring and used to meet with warm response. Sushma Ji had left an imprint in different fields she had worked.”
Talking about the work and contribution of Sushma Swaraj, the Chief Minister said that the former external affairs Minister stressed on women empowerment and always encourages women to move ahead in life.
The CM said that it was the initiative of Sushma Swaraj that for the first time ministry of external affairs reached door-to-door addressing people’s grievances. Swaraj was quick to respond on receiving people’s grievances in her twitter handle. She was such a leader who never discriminated people in solving their problems. He was ready even to address people’s grievances of even people outside the country. Das said, “It was her initiative that many people received passports and visas. Due to effort of Sushma Ji that earlier it used to take months for preparing passport, but now passport are made within a week.”
“Sushma Ji always placed country above politics and due to her nature she was widely appreciated not only in Country but across the globe,” said Das. The condolence meet was attended by Urban Development minister CP Singh, MP Mahesh Poddar, MLA Naveen Jaiswal, Jitu Charan Ram, Devidas Apte, Deepak Prakash and others.