News Mania / Piyal Chatterjee / 17th October 2024
The state of Jharkhand Hemant Soren, the chief minister, said he attempted to fortify the state’s foundations during his five-year term and accused the BJP of robbing Jharkhand for almost 20 years since the state’s founding. Soren referenced a number of social welfare initiatives in a post on X, including the housing program called “Abua Awas Yojna” and the financial aid program called “Maiyan Samman Yojna,” all of which were created by his government.
“Today marks 100 days since I returned from jail and took charge of the state… In December 2019, with the blessings of the people of Jharkhand, I took over the reins of the state. My sole purpose was to irrigate the tree of Jharkhand and strengthen its roots. The BJP had plundered this tree with both hands for 20 years. It had dried it up,” Soren said in a post in Hindi on Wednesday.
“This was the reason that in the 20 years of Jharkhand, the poor, deprived and exploited people yearned for basic needs like social security. The tribals, Dalits, backward and minorities yearned for their lost identity, and the children yearned for good education. The youth wanted jobs and employment while hardworking farmers were crushed under the burden of debt and this land yearned for its identity,” he added.
According to him, Jharkhand was the first state to provide oxygen to the entire nation, and the entire government apparatus worked to upgrade medical facilities in order to combat the pandemic.
“Unless the social security of the poor, deprived and exploited class is ensured, their food, clothing and shelter are ensured, no state can progress,” Soren mentioned, listing schemes for providing free electricity and pensions. “Loans of up to Rs 2 lakh of our hardworking farmers of the state were waived off,” he said.
He also listed women’s welfare schemes such as ‘Maiyan Samman Yojana’, ‘Phool Jhano Ashirwad Abhiyan’ and ‘Savitribai Phule Kishori Samridhi Yojana’. After almost five months in jail, Soren was freed on June 28 after the high court granted him bail in a money laundering case. On July 4, he was sworn in as chief minister. Jharkhand will hold elections on November 13 and 20 in two stages.
