Chief Minister Hemant Soren today said in Dumka that the State government has decided to change the reservation percentage of ST, SC and OBC communities in the State. The JMM executive president, who was on a two-day election campaigning tour to Dumka for the upcoming bypoll said that his government has decided to give 27 per cent reservation to OBCs in the State to, 28 per cent to St community and 12 per cent to SC community in the State.
The Chief Minister holding a press conference in Dumka on Saturday said that today thousands of daughters of Jharkhand are working forcibly in other states as bonded labourers.
“The situation of the girl child victims of human trafficking is quite bad. In this way, his government pioneered their return home. Recently, such girls working in Tamil Nadu were brought back home. Where they used to get a salary of 7000 rupees, today they are given jobs with salary of Rs10,000 in their own State. A work plan to provide jobs to about 8000 to 10,000 girls has been prepared and within the next one month they will get the jobs. Girls from Santhal Pargana region are also among such girls,” he said.
Targeting the BJP Soren said that there should be a limit to telling lies. “People change parties, election symbols, colour of flags etc but by changing all these a person’s though process also changes. Our principal opposition party BJP has fielded its candidates and some independent candidates are also contesting the polls in a planned manner so that they could distribute the votes by any means,” he said.
Hemant sharply reacted to former CM Babulal Marandi's statement in which he said why only a Santhali tribals contest from Santhal region. He asked Marandi, “Does the BJP want a Chhattisgarh resident should contest elections from Santhal region? People of the state have seen that when a person of Chhattisgarh got power and looted Jharkhand.”
Hemant said that in these bye-elections, the BJP has also kept some people as independents in a planned manner so that votes can be scattered. He said that when you ask such a candidate, he will tell that he has been raised in a planned manner.
Several Congress leaders, including Agriculture Minister Badal, Mahagama MLA Deepika Pandey Singh, Jamtara MLA Irfan Ansari, Boriyo MLA Lobin Hebram among others were present.
The JMM executive president attacked State BJP leaders. Not taking anyone's name, the Chief Minister said that today many BJP veterans, middle and small leaders are roaming in the by-elections. There are some Union ministers, some State level big leaders and some national level biggies leaders too. “Babulal Marandi, who has contested elections from different regions of the State, is the star campaigner of BJP in the bye-election. A few months ago, Babulal, who used to put BJP government in the dock, is seeking votes for the BJP,” he said.
Hemant said Babulal should tell what he thinks about the CNT-SPT Act. “What does he think about the loot in the Momentum Jharkhand event? What does he think about the tribal-Dalits jailed in small cases? What does he think about those whom the previous government declared as Naxalites in the name of getting jobs in a fake way? What is his opinion on scams? What is his opinion on the arrest of Stan Swamy?” he asked.
