Chief Minister Hemant Soren will leave for Delhi on Friday to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on January 11. The CM, who has requested for an appointment with the PM has got a reply from the PMO and the meeting has been fixed on January 11.
It is learnt that the CM is likely to request the PM during the meeting for setting up of a Tribal University in the State and the two leaders will also discuss issues of development of the State.
Notably, this will the first meeting of Chief Minister Hemant Soren with the Prime Minister after the former took oath of office. Soon after Assembly election results were declared the CM had said that after the end of elections politics will take back seat and development of the State will remain his priority.
Meanwhile, several eminent personalities alongwith common masses paid visit to the Chief Minister on Thursday. Former MP and industrialist Naveen Jinadal met the CM and extended greetings to him. Jindal said that it was just a courtesy meet with the new CM and discussions on other projects will take place later.
Among the prominent visitors to the CM were Academician from Nepal TP Pant, Yuki Kohata from Japan, SBI DGM NK Singh and AGM Jasbeer Singh, Sisters and brothers of St Anne’s Ranchi. A large number of people from a cross section of society met the CM and greeted him on New Year. Many of them gifted the CM books as he had urged the masses and thanked for their affection for him.