by admin | May 25, 2021 | News, Politics
By Pervez Bari, Maeeshat.in,
New Delhi : Activists and intellectuals drawn from different corners of the country have called upon the Government of Jharkhand to immediately lift the ban on Popular Front of India, (PFI).
In a joint statement issued on Wednesday by them, they said the ban order scoffs at the laws of the land and opens doors to the violation of fundamental rights respected by the Constitution. It is reported that the ban was imposed on the specious and baseless allegation that the PFI was influenced by the so-called ISIS of the Middle East, they continued.
“They understand that Popular Front of India is a neo-social movement actively involved in developmental work like literacy campaign, prevention of malnutrition and comprehensive empowerment of the poor and the downtrodden, especially Muslims”, the statement said.
The signatories also pointed out that the Hindutva Government of Jharkhand and its police have been unhappy with the activists of Popular Front for highlighting the multiple lynching cases in the state. The ban is a ploy used by the government to intimidate people and suppress democratic forms of protest and dissent. This is not for the first time that the government has used law to ban organizations opposed to the plunder of this resource rich state and the corruption of the ruling class.
They also appealed to the Human Right groups, political parties and minority organizations to rally up for lifting the ban on Popular Front of India.
Among the signatories are: 1. Dr. Suresh Khairnar, Social Activist, Nagpur Maharashtra; 2. Ravi Nair, South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre, New Delhi; 3. Prof. Shams-ul-Islam, New Delhi; 4. Leni Raghuvamshi, PVCHR, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh; 5. Adv. Sridevi Panikker, Supreme Court, New Delhi; 6.Rajiv Yadav, Rihai Manch, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh; 7. Adv. Aditya Wadhwa, Supreme Court, New Delhi; 8.Dr. Malam Ningthauja, Camping for Peace and Democracy, Manipur; 9. Sunil Kumar, Journalist/Activist, New Delhi; 10. Madhuri Krishnaswamy, JADS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh; 11. Vasantha AS, Hyderabad; 12.Rona Wilson, CRPP New Delhi; 13. Seema Azad, Editor Dastak, Allahabad; 14. Prabal, DSU, Delhi University; 15. Adv. Amit Shrivastav, High Court, Delhi; 16. Adv. Mangala, High Court, Delhi; 17. Anushka, Democratic Rights, New Delhi; 18. Vipul Kumar, Quill Foundation, 19. Devika Prasad, Rights Activist.
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Employment, Government Jobs
Raghubar Das
Ranchi : Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Thursday announced that 50,000 appointments will be made in the state government by June 2018.
“More than one lakh appointments have been made by the state government in the last two years and another 50,000 appointments will be made by June 2018,” said Raghubar Das addressing a press conference here on completion of three years of his government.
He pointed out that Jharkhand was leading the chart of fast developing states in the country after Gujarat at a growth rate of 8.6 per cent.
“Our government formulated a domicile policy and started making appointments, and 95 per cent jobs were given to local people of the state. For example, the Jharkhand State Staff Selection Commission had recommended 25,787 candidates for the year 2015-17, out of which 24,656, i.e. 95.6 per cent, are local candidates.
“Similarly, most of the local candidates have also got their placements in the district level appointments,” said Das.
The Chief Minister said that over 200 projects had been set up as industrial units through “Momentum Jharkhand” programme at an investment of Rs 6,669.14 crore, and 49,097 direct and 1.47 lakh indirect jobs were created.
Launching “Jhar Madhu” (honey), Raghubar Das said that honey from Jharkhand would be exported to other countries as there was a huge demand for honey in colder regions of the world.
He said that after Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a call to usher in sweet revolution in the nation, 25,000 farmers had been trained in the state while 600 master trainers were also groomed.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News, Politics
Ranchi : The Central government has returned the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Jharkhand Amendment Bill), 2017 which was moved with some amendments from here.
Talking to reporters, Jharkhand Leader of Opposition in assembly and Working President of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Hemant Soren on Friday said here the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare had raised its objection over the amendments proposed by the state government in the Act.
“The Union Ministry has issued a letter stating that it would upscale the diversion of agricultural land for non agricultural purposes purposes”, Soren said.
He said that the ministry has also mentioned that the proposed amendment was against the National Policy for Farmers, 2007 and National Rehabilitation and Resettlement policy, 2007.
Soren said the JMM had called on President Ram Nath Kovind in November this year in this regard.
“We had already mentioned in our memorandum and handed over to the President that sections of Chapter 3 in which the state government wished to bring amendment would enhance acquisition of multi crop plants across the state.
“Interestingly, the agriculture ministry has also made similar comment. Now Chief Minister Raghubar Das should make it clear under what pressure, he was favouring this amendment,” he said.
Demanding dismissal of the Chief Minister, Soren said Das was allegedly involved in land scam.
He said the scams would be unearthed if probed by an independent agency.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News, Politics
Madhu Koda (Photo: The Statesman)
New Delhi : A court here on Wednesday convicted former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, among others on corruption charges in a coal block allocation case.
Special Judge Bharat Parashar held Koda, former Coal Secretary H.C. Gupta, Jharkhand’s then Chief Secretary A.K. Basu, among others, guilty of criminal conspiracy and cheating under various provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act.
The quantum of punishment will be announced on Thursday.
The court’s order came in the case related to Jharkhand’s Rajhara North coal block allocation to Vini Iron and Steel Udyog Ltd (Visul).
The Central Bureau of Investigation had alleged Koda, Gupta and others conspired to favour Visul in allocating the coal block.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News, Politics
Ranchi : Former Jharkhand Chief Secretary Sajal Chakraborty’s sentencing in a fodder scam case was deferred by a day on Tuesday as judicial work in the district courts was suspended due to the death of a former Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice.
The district courts were closed for the day after mourning the death of former High Court Chief Justice Bhagwati Prasad on Sunday.
Chakraborty was convicted in a fodder scam case on November 14 by the Special CBI court here and remanded in judicial custody.
He was convicted in the multi-million dollar Animal Husbandry Department case, popularly known as the fodder scam, related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37 crore from the Chaibasa treasury, a lawyer had said.
The senior Indian Administrative Service officer was the Deputy Commissioner of West Singhbhum (Chaibasa) at that time but did nothing to prevent the fraudulent withdrawal of money, the prosecution had said.
He was also accused of accepting a laptop from fodder suppliers to remain silent over the fraudulent withdrawals from the treasury.
Sajal was appointed the Jharkhand Chief Secretary in October 2014 and removed from the post in January 2015.
—IANS
