AJSU Party president Sudesh Kumar Mahto today said that the Covid-19 pandemic has a huge impact in the field of education. “Government schools have been closed for the last 14 months. The government and the education department claim to get children to study online, but on the ground of reality, the picture looks quite the opposite. Millions of students have gone away from studies due to lack of smartphones in rural areas,” he said.

A virtual meeting of AJSU Party was organised under the chairmanship of Sudesh Kumar Mahato, attended by all the office bearers of the party, the president and secretary of the subsidiary units, district presidents, district secretaries, assembly in-charge and district in-charge. In the meeting, a review was done regarding the service work and vaccination campaign run by the party during the Corona period. During this, Mahto discussed the policies and functioning of the present government one by one with all the leaders. Along with the Sankalp Diwas to be celebrated on 22nd June, detailed discussion was held on the topics of the organization.

Mahto said before coming to power, JMM had promised to provide employment to five lakh youth every year. But, the experience of the last one and a half years shows that contrary to all the claims of the Mahagathbandhan government, unemployment has assumed a formidable form. All the claims of the government are only proving to be hollow. The government of Mahagathbandhan is cheating the youth and pushing the State towards ruin, he added.

He added the present government completely failed in fighting the second wave of corona.

The people of the State saw people dying in front of the ministers, longing for oxygen cylinders and medicines and the government remained a mute spectator. Poverty, unemployment and migration are at its peak in the State. The future of students and youth is being played with.

The AJSU party chief further said that the corona pandemic has created trouble for people from all around. “There are many people whose loved ones have died. The one who was earning in the house died. Now there is no earner in the house. There are many children whose parents are both gone. There are many elders whose earning young children have gone. The AJSU party demands that the government announce an economic package for the families and dependents of those who died of Covid-19,” he added.

“Vaccination is the only option to fight an invisible enemy like Coronavirus. Therefore, it was decided in the meeting that the leaders and workers of AJSU party would conduct vaccination awareness campaign in every village and locality,” said Mahto.

AJSU Party will celebrate Sankalp Diwas in the entire State on 22nd June and will take a pledge to build a strong and prosperous Jharkhand. Sankalp Diwas programme will be started after paying tribute to the departed souls and the brave martyrs of Jharkhand who died due to corona infection. Bllod donation camps will also be organized across the State on the occasion.