In his first ever visit to Jharkhand, President Pranab Mukherjee is arriving in Ranchi on Monday.
President's Air India One is scheduled to land at Birsa Munda Airport at 12.55 pm from where he would fly for Dumka to attend some pre-planned programmes. Governor Syed Ahmed would accompany the President throughout his two-day stay in the State.
‘On April 29, 2013, the President will attend the valedictory ceremony of the 65th Batch of Indian Revenue Services at Nagpur. On the same day in Jharkhand, he will lay the foundation stone of Rajkiya Mahila Polytechnic College, Dumka and attend the Convocation of Sido Kanhu Murmu University, Dumka.’
‘On April 30, 2013, the President will lay the foundation stones of 1320 MW Thermal Power Plant of Jindal Steel & Power limited, Mega Textile Cluster, Model College and Polytechnic College at Godda.
On the same day (April 30, 2013), the President will also visit the Baidyanath Dham and lay the foundation stones of Pilgrim Queue Complex, Deoghar-Basukinath 44-km Solar Street light Project and 14-MW Solar Project at Deoghar,’ says a media communiqué released from the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Meanwhile, Ranchi is readying itself to welcome the President. Construction work of new entry gate at Raj Bhawan continued on war footing till Sunday evening and got decorated with tents. Pranab Mukherjee, after returning from Dumka on Monday evening, will stay at Raj Bhawan where who's who of the State will participate in a dinner, being organised in his honour.
The Raj Bhawan in consultation with the President' Secretariat has prepared a list of dignitaries who will take part in the dinner. The list of invitees starts from all the three former Chief Ministers - Babulal Marandi, Arjun Munda and Shibu Soren and two former deputy chief ministers Sudesh Mahto and Hemant Soren. Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Justice Prakash Tatia and other Judges have also been invited.
Besides this, Army officials of ADG rank and above, senior secretaries of the State Government, Deputy Commissioner and Senior Superintendent of Police and other senior officials of Ranchi administration, vice-chancellors of Ranchi University, Central University of Jharkhand, Birsa Agriculture University, BIT-Mesra and Directors of Central Institute of Psychiatry and RINPAS among the others figure into the list.
The President would also feel a taste of rich tribal culture. The Raj Bhawan has planned Domkach, Chaau and the dance performances related to Sarhul for the first citizen of the country. The cultural programme of 30 minutes duration would commence at 6.30 in the evening. As a part of the preparatory exercise, a rehearsal of the cultural show was organised at the lawn of the Raj Bhawan on Sunday evening.