Chief Minister Hemant Soren has greeted people on the occasion of Holi. Greeting people on the occasion of Holi and 'Baha Porab', Chief Minister Hemant Soren urged the people of the State to work for a better future and live in harmony.
The festival of colour spreads a message of brotherhood and so people should inculcate love and harmony among themselves, he tweeted. 'Baha Porab' or 'Baa Parab' is a festival of Ho, Santhal, Munda and other tribes.
The Chief Minister along with ruling and opposition MLAs celebrated Holi in the State Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. “All MLAs are celebrating Holi in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. All of us are very excited and happy to celebrate this festival. I wish a safe and prosperous Holi to each and everyone in the State,” Soren added.
Leaders of all parties and opposition, including Chief Minister Hemant Soren, were seen singing and dancing to the Bhojpuri Fagua song, the same language for which agitations and demonstrations are taking place in Jharkhand. While the tribals and Kurmi MLAs have opposed inclusion of Bhojpuri, Maithali and Magahi in state language list in state government recruitment list.
Later, in the day the JMM organized Holi Milan celebration at State Education Minister Jagarnath Mahto’s residence in which leaders from both ruling party as well as opposition attended the function.
All political parties have planned a Holi Milan function. Ranchi MP Sanjay Seth, organised Holi Milan at his residence on Thursday in which senior BJP leaders and leaders from ruling parties attended the function. Union Minister Arjun Munda will organize Holi Milan at his Ranchi residence on Friday.
The BJP lawmakers celebrated Holi on March 10 itself at Vidhan Sabha when the results of assembly election in five states were announced. The BJP clinched the assembly election by 4:1 with BJP winning Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Manipur and Goa. The other state Punjab was won by AAP.
As Congress has faced debacle in all five states there was no such enthusiasm from Congress leadership in celebrating Holi. Sources said that senior leaders have decided to keep a distance from celebrating Holi in a big way. However, on Tuesday Congress MLAs including Jamtara MLA Irfan Ansari, Khijri MLA Rajesh Kachhap and others were seen celebrating the Holi.