Opposition parties including Congress, JVM, the left and others came together and lashed out at the BJP-led Government for its policies staging a protest near Raj Bhawan on Monday. The leaders later also met and handed over a memorandum to Governor Droupadi Murmu demanding dismissal of the Government.
Organising a dharna in front of Raj Bhawan on Monday under the banner of ‘Jharkhand Bachao Samanwaya Samiti’ or Coordination Committee to Save Jharkhand, senior leaders like JVM supremo Babulal Marandi and general secretary Pradeep Yadav, Congress ex-MPs Sobodh Kant Sahay, Furkan Ansari, Bagun Sumbrai, Rameshwar Oraon, former MlAs Mannan Mallik, Geeta Shree Oroan, RJD State president Annapurna Devi and KD Singh of the CPI criticized the Government for its anti-poor policies.
“Earlier mahajans and moneylenders used to loot land of the people but now a days the Government has become moneylender and doing the same. The Government of the day is robbing the land of the poor, tribals for the sake of its corporate friends,” said the former CM Babulal Marandi.
He pushed the call of the Opposition further for unity to fight the BJP out. “People of the State and also of the country are fed-up of the Government. They are just awaiting the elections to come. But to get the task completed, we all have to come together and not to fight against each others. I am sure the Opposition would remain intact and we would be able to make the State free of the BJP,” said the JVM leader.
Former Ranchi MP and Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay lashed out at the Government over decisions like demonetisation and GST. “It is a shameless dispensation. They are so shameless that when entire country was on the streets opposing demonetisation as ‘black day’ the BJP was celebrating the occasion. It is petty that they have nothing to do with the children and poor died due to its decisions during and after the drive was conducted,” said Sahay.
He also blamed the State Government for organising Jharkhand foundation day with such fanfare and termed the mega even slated on November 15 as total wastage of public money for “the sake of doing BJP propaganda”.
Newly appointed chief of RJD in the State and former MlA Annapurna Devi said the Government lacked in vision and idea for the welfare of poor, tribal and dalits. left leaders citing incidents of cow vigilante blamed the Government for playing out its communal agenda.
Noted faces from social organisations like Karma Oraon, Prem Shahi Munda besides some others were also present. later a delegation of the leaders drove down inside the Raj Bhawan to handover a memorandum demanding dismissal of the incumbent Government.
The petition mentioned about recalling the cases slapped against leaders and common people for opposing land acquisition activities, land acquired allegedly by violating the land Acquisition Act, creation of land bank, farmers’ suicides, hunger deaths and religious freedom act brought by the Government.