To mark the birth anniversary of Dr Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, several programmes were organised across the coal and steel belt Dhanbad-Bokaro on Sunday.
The members of Bokaro lawyers Club, Women’s Advocate Club and Indian Association of lawyers paid floral tributes to Dr Rajendra Prasad on the occasion at Sector 12 in Bokaro Steel City.
Speaking on this occasion, Ranjit Giri, the National Council Member of the Indian Association of lawyers demanded from the Government to enact Advocate Protection Act (nationwide) for the safety of lawyers. Justifying their demand he said that on account of the nature of job advocate needs special protection, so we are demanding to enact the law. “The Government brought an Advocate Protection bill in the legislative Assembly so that we could perform our duties without any fear and pressure,” added Giri. He also asked the Government on behalf of the advocates that the pension scheme should be implemented in the interest of all advocates. Sanjay Kumar Prasad, Ranjan Kumar Mishra, Praveen Kumar, Fatik Chandra Singh, Kamal Kumar Sinha, Sunil Chandakya, Vimal Kumar Mandal, Kamaldev Prasad, Vasudev Mahato, Kalipado Manjhi, Virendra Prasad,Mahato, Naresh Mahato, Jyoti Prakash Chaudhary, laloo Kumar, Rinku Das, Asha Mamta Khalkho, Suman Kumari, Nikhil Kumar Dey, Vijay Kumar Jha, Mithlesh Kumar, Rana Pratap, Vishnu Charan Maharaj, Indranil Chatrjee, Renu Kumari, Manorama Sinha, Priti Srivastva, Bidhan Chandra Mahato, Subhash Kumar Naika includes other members were present there.
At Rajender Chwoak in Bokaro Steel City, Bokaro Steel Plant’s (BSl) officials including CEO P K Singh, Dr AK Singh, SK Singh, R Krishnaswami, Rajbir Singh, R Muniraju including others were paid floral tribute and garlanded on the statue of the first president of India.