THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Ranchi, Nov. 28: Chief Minister Hemant Soren today flayed the CBI for keeping the probe into the 1st and 2nd 1st and 2nd civil services examinations conducted by the JPSC pending for 13 years.
Soren poohpoohed the charges levelled by the Opposition of a scam into the civil services examinations conducted by the JPSC during his tenure,
“They say that a scam took place. Bolne se ghotala hota ha kya? (Is it a scam by merely speaking?,” he asked.
“Around 34-35 candidates who cleared the civil services examinations are children of underprivileged parents,” he pointed out.
“On the other hand, half of those candidates who cleared the Ist and the 2nd civil services examinations were children of the opposition leaders. They don’t know when they will lose their jobs. The CBI is still investigating the scam. You must have heard of the CBI and ED. They are white elephants that spend eternity in investigation,” he said taking a jibe at the central investigation agencies.
“Shame on such people who go after the person whom they want to trouble,” he said.
Soren was speaking at the ‘Sarkar Aapke dwar’ programme in Lohardaga, around 60 km from here.
The chief minister, on the occasion, inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 21 schemes worth a total of Rs 133 crore. He also distributed assets worth Rs 132 crore among a total of 80, 208 beneficiaries.
Strengthening the roots of Jharkhand
The chief minister said, “We have done the work of sending the officials to your village and panchayat with a bundle of schemes. The previous governments never worked to take care of the villages, the poor and the common people including the farmers. This is the reason why lakhs of applications came to the camps.”
He said that the government’s plan is to strengthen the rural economy. “We have to strengthen our roots here. The roots here are the farmers, workers and youth,” he pointed out.
Disabled persons of five years to get pension
The chief minister said that the state government will now give pensions even to disabled people of five years of age. “The maximum number of applications for the first phase of the campaign came for pension. The government gathered information about this and considering this, made a law to give pensions to all old people and widows. Now everyone is getting the benefit of a pension on time. We have removed the fixed number requirement for this,” he added.
Gram Gadi Yojana
The chief minister said that the Central Government did not approve eight lakh houses for the needy of Jharkhand. “Now our government is covering the qualified needy under the state-sponsored Abua Housing Scheme. This will be a three-room furnished residence. The process of housing allotment has also started,” he said.
The chief minister said that the state government is starting Gram Gaadi Yojana, in which free bus service will be provided to the elderly, agitators and others. So that they can also connect with the city.
Forest lease
The chief minister said that the Abua Bir Abua Dishom campaign is being run to give forest leases to those dependent on forests. He said that sports and players are being promoted. “Jharkhand witnessed the Asian Hockey Championship trophy for the first time in the country. Our government has increased the honorarium given to the players. Besides, players have also got government jobs,” he signed off.
