Two books titled Vidhan Sabha mein Biranchi Narayan’ and T Muchirai Munda- Chotanagpur Ka Gandhi compiled by Vishnu Rajgaria were unveiled by renowned journalist and Rajya Sabha MP MJ Akbar on Friday in the State capital.
Highlighting the importance of the relationship between representatives and common masses, Akbar said, “Representative should always work for the betterment and development of society. Priority should be given to the people living in rural areas and the leaders must work to bring the backward people into the mainstream.”
Citing the example of relationship between a mother and a child, Akbar explained about the role of women in the progress of society, “We need to bring women in social, political and economic arena for the overall development of the society. Only women can manage things accordingly giving importance to all major sectors.”
He also shed light on growing aspirations of people that are making them even rebellious in a sense for basic needs like water, roads electricity and others.
“We cannot blame any particular Government for it but even after 68 years of Independence many parts of the country are deprived of basic amenities.”
Talking about the role of Media Akbar added, “Media today is celebrity-centric rather becoming issue-centric. The essence of journalism has lost and we need to give attention to all the four pillars of democracy. All the four estates should be with the common people and not with the middlemen.”
He also mentioned about the social welfare schemes like Mudra Scheme and Jan Dhan Yojana which he hoped can bring a change in the society, if implemented properly. MlAs Shiv Shanker Oraon, Biranchi Narayan, Badal Patralekh, Anant Ojha, Raj Sinha were also present on the occasion.