Senior Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader and seven times MLA from Shikaripara constituency in Dumka Nalin Soren has been chosen as Birsa Munda Best Legislator Award for the year 2020.
Since the inception of the State and subsequently Jharkhand getting a separate Assembly in 2020, 16 legislators have received the award till date. Assembly speaker Rabindra Nath Mahto in a function to be held at Assembly premises will confer the best legislator award to Soren on the occasion of Jharkhand’s 20th foundation day on November 22. The award includes a cash prize of Rs 51,000, certificate and a shawl.
JMM senior leader Nalin Soren who had represented the Shikaripara Assembly for seven times has remained with JMM since Shibu Soren’ launched a separate statehood movement.
In 1990 Nalin Soren became the MLA from Shikaripara for the first time (during united Bihar) and since then he has been winning the seat consecutively.
Nalin Soren talking to The Pioneer said, “I express my gratitude to the selection committee and people of my constituency who reposed faith on me by electing me for seven times from Shikaripara. For young legislators my message is that they remain in touch with people and always try to help and solve them.”
Apart from the MLA, Joint Secretary Shishir Kumar Jha, Administrative Officer Somen Kumar Singh, Administrative Officer Laxmi Muchwa, Manoj Kumar and Helena Kandola will be honored with the late Kapileshwar Award as the outstanding performer of the Legislative Assembly. At the same time, Ranchi’s Civil Surgeon BV Prasad, ADM Law and Order Akhilesh Kumar Singh and RIMS Chief Nurse Ram Rekha Rai will also be honored for their better work during Covid-19.
Started in 2001, Visheshwar Khan was first to receive the best legislator award, followed by Hemlal Murmu in 2002, Bermo legislator late Rajendra Prasad Singh in 2003, Loknath Mahto in 2004. The other MLAs who have received the award till date includes Annapurna Devi, Radha Krishna Kishor, PN Singh, Inder Singh Namdhari, Janardan Paswan, Madhav Lal Singh, Raghubar Das in 2012, Lobin Hembrom, Pradeep Yadav, Stephen Marandi, Bimla Pradhan and Maneka Sardar.
The Jharkhand Assembly Foundation Day will be held at Assembly new premises. In 2019, Jharkhand was gifted with new sprawling premises. The three-storey Vidhan Sabha or Legislative Assembly building has been constructed at a cost of Rs 465 crore.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 12, 2019, inaugurated the Jharkhand Assembly building and laid the foundation stone for the Secretariat complex. The Prime Minister described the building as a temple of democracy where the dreams and aspirations of the people of Jharkhand will come true.