THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Ranchi, Dec 11: Governor C P Radhakrishnan today said the Raj Bhavan is examining the Election Commission’s report in an office-of-profit case against Chief Minister Hemant Soren over the extension of a stone mining lease to him.
The Election Commission sent its recommendation in August last year.
The governor, interacting with a section of media after the Centre’s Viksit Bharat programme at the Raj Bhawan, also said that persons, who have done wrong and have been found guilty, will have to face consequences.
The then Governor Ramesh Bais had sought the Election Commission’s opinion on a plea seeking that Soren be disqualified as an MLA for violating electoral norms by extending a mining lease to himself.
Replying to a query on the EC’s recommendation, during a programme at Raj Bhavan, Radhakrishnan said, “There are certain difficulties. We have to go through that and we will.”
Viksit Bharat
Meanwhile, the governor participated through video conferencing with educationists on the occasion of the ‘Developed India @2047: Voice of Youth’ programme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Vice Chancellors of various universities of the state, heads of educational institutions, educationists and other dignitaries were present in the programme organized at Raj Bhawan on the said occasion.
Director, IIM Ranchi Dr Deepak Srivastava, Vice Chancellor of the Jharkhand University of Technology Prof. D.K. Sinha, Vice Chancellor of Ranchi University Dr Ajit Kumar Sinha, Vice Chancellor of Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee Dr Tapan Kumar Shandilya, Dean of Forestry, Birsa Agricultural University, Dr M.S. Malik, Principal, Ranchi Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Ranchi Dr Supriya, Vice Chancellor of ICFAI University Dr Raman Kumar Jha among others also expressed their views on Developed India @2047.
