Finally the local unit of Bharatiya Janata Party has jumped into the issue of indiscriminate hike in holding tax. On Monday MP Jayant Sinha and MlA Manish Jaiswal had assured that they were talking with the State Government and this hike would be reconsidered.
On Tuesday a delegation of BJP led by district president Tunnu Gope met with Mayor Anjali Kumari and handed over her a memorandum requesting reconsideration of this decision.
Mayor Anjali Kumari assured the delegation that it is the first petition she had found yet and soon a meeting of board will be called to reconsider this issue. She herself assured the delegation that on this issue she will meet with the CM and Minister also.
On the other hand, a good number of denizens took part in the torch rally organised by AJSU leader Pradeep Prasad on Tuesday evening. Prasad and his supporters were repeatedly requesting the denizens to make the call of Hazaribagh band on January 18 a success.