Eminent personalities of the city gathered at Justice lPN Shahdeo Chowk on Tuesday to pay tribute to late Justice Shahdeo on his 5th death anniversary. Assembly Speaker Dinesh Oraon, Urban Development Minister CP Singh, RU VC RK Pandey, JSSSC Chairperson Ratan Kumar, Mayor Asha lakra, Deputy Mayor Sanjeev Vijayvargiya, SP (Traffic) Sanjay Ranjan Singh, Former CS Sudhir Prasad, FJCCI president Vinay Agarwal and dozens of other people paid rich tributes to the champion of the Jharkhand movement.
Spouse of Justice Shahdeo, Prabha Shahdeo and other eminent guests started the programme by garlanding the photograph of Justice Shahdeo. Speaker Dinesh Oraon termed Justice Shahdeo as ‘Mati ke lal’ on the occasion and said that he had brought together different political parties with separate ideologies on the same platform for Jharkhand movement. “Justice Shahdeo was the first Justice to be arrested in a people’s movement. He brought together tribals and original residents of the State to win the battle for Jharkhand,” said Oraon.
Urban Development Minister CP Singh called justice Shahdeo as the hero of the final battle for separate Jharkhand and exhorted youths to adopt his ideals and values. He said that Justice Shahdeo was not only a jurist but was a champion of the cause of separate Jharkhand. It would be true tribute to Justice Shahdeo to fulfill his dream of an affluent Jharkhand, Singh added.
Ranchi University Vice Chancellor Ramesh Kumar Pandey called him son of the soil and felt proud that justice Shahdeo had studied in Ranchi College. Justice Shahdeo’s daughters Sangeeta Dev, Shilpi Singhdeo; his son Pratul Shahdeo, daughter-in-law Vidya Shahdeo, granddaughter Shambhawi, grandson Shaurya Pratap, JVM Shyamali Principal AK Singh, Manoj Shahdeo, KK Gupta, Anchal Kinger, Pawan Sharma, Vishnu Rajgarhiya, Praveen lohiya, Poonam Anand, Madhusoodan Jaruhar, Sandeep Nagpal along with several other dignitaries were present on the occasion.