The Hemant Soren-led coalition Government is likely to handover appointment letters to at least 600 trained school teachers on Jharkhand’s 21st Statehood Day on Monday, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate a museum dedicated to freedom fighter Birsa Munda in Ranchi on the day, which the Centre recently decided to celebrate as ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’ on account of the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda.
Besides handing over appointment letters to teachers, the State government is likely to launch and lay foundation for road construction projects and building construction projects jointly worth about Rs.1000 crore to mark the Statehood Day celebrations.
While the State will give grand cultural events and musical nights a miss on Statehood Day this year in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, Soren will launch his government’s ‘Aapke Adhikar, Aapki Sarkar, Aapke Dwar’ (your rights, your Government, at your doorsteps) campaign, an outreach programme, at an event held in Birsa Munda’s native village Ulihatu, about 60 kilometers south of capital Ranchi.
Officials from Khunti district administration confirmed that the Chief Minister will address a gathering at Birsa Munda Complex in Ulihatu on Monday and is also likely to felicitate descendants of Birsa Munda at a function either held at Project Building in Ranchi or Ulihatu itself.
Last week, the NDA-led Centre announced to celebrate Birsa Munda’s birth anniversary on November 15 as ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to virtually launch a museum dedicated to Birsa Munda in Ranchi on Monday from Bhopal, informed senior BJP leaders who inspected the works at the museum on Sunday.
During the Statehood Day celebrations at Project Building in Dhurwa, the state government is likely to count rescue and rehabilitation operations for migrant workers as one of its greatest achievements during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Statehood Day programme will be held on the second floor of Project Building on Monday, and the district administration has already deployed security at and around the venue. Section 144 of the CrPC has been enforced at Project Building on Monday, prohibiting assembly of more than four persons within the radius of 200 meters from the main building.
Jharkhand celebrates November 15 as Statehood Day since the year 2000, when it got bifurcated from erstwhile Bihar. Every year, a grand ceremony is held at Morhabadi Ground on Statehood Day, but the state has not been able to hold such grand, star-studded ceremonies since March 2020 owing to Covid-19.
Earlier this year, Soren had claimed that 2021 will be the year of appointments for Jharkhand and the State plans to make large-scale recruitments. However, officials working closely with the Chief Minister said that a majority of appointment letters will be handed over during the second anniversary celebration of the government on December 29. Similarly, many projects will be officially announced or launched on the second anniversary of the ruling JMM-Congress coalition Government.