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The Print
26-05-2025
- Politics
- The Print
Cong stages dharna in Ranchi demanding recognition of Sarna religious code
The Congress, a part of the JMM-led ruling coalition in the eastern state, also submitted a memorandum to Jharkhand Governor Santosh Gangwar, urging him to initiate steps in this regard. Jharkhand Congress president Keshav Mahto Kamlesh and in-charge K Raju were among those who took part in the demonstration to push for the inclusion of the code, practiced by the tribals, in the upcoming Census. Ranchi, May 26 (PTI) The Congress in Jharkhand on Monday staged a dharna outside the Raj Bhavan here, seeking recognition of the Sarna religious code. 'The Centre must include the Sarna religious code in the upcoming Census. This has been a long-pending demand of the tribals,' Kamlesh said. Congress leader and state Agriculture Minister Shilpi Neha Tirkey said the tribal society is free to follow and adopt its religion. 'It is our fundamental right. The tribal society believes in equality. The Sarna religious code must be included in the seventh column of the Census,' Tirkey said. 'The Sarna code is tied to the faith, traditions and religious identity of tribals. Its recognition has been a long-standing demand, but the BJP has remained silent on the issue,' Lohardaga MP Sukhdev Bhagat said. PTI SAN RBT This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
New Indian Express
18-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Champai Soren to launch ‘Jago Adivasi, Jago Jharkhandi' movement protect tribal identity
RANCHI: Alleging that the JMM-led alliance government has turned a blind eye to the indiscriminate looting of tribal lands, former Chief Miniter Champai Soren has planned the launch of a state-wide movement 'Jago Adivasi, Jago Jharkhandi' (Wake up Adivasi, wake up Jharkhandi) June 30 onwards to protect the tribal identity in the state. Talking to the media persons at his residence on Sunday, Champai Soren said that the state government has deviated from its path, further adding that neither the tribals nor the natives are safe in this state. Expressing concern over the change of demography due to Bangladeshi influx in the state, Champai Soren said that the government should conduct a thorough investigation of those who are taking advantage by making fake birth certificates. Champai Soren also alleged that the land of the tribals is being snatched, which has changed the demography as there are many villages, where not a single tribal family is left, which were earlier dominated by tribal families.
Time of India
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
J'khand first state without police chief for 2 days now: Marandi
Ranchi: State BJP president and leader of the opposition in the assembly, Babulal Marandi , on Friday launched a scathing attack on the JMM-led govt over the absence of a "constitutional" director general of police (DGP) in Jharkhand for the last two days. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Marandi made his comment as DGP Anurag Gupta superannuated on April 30. However, as no new name has been announced for the post, Gupta continues to serve in the position. Addressing the media at the BJP office here on Friday, the state BJP chief said perhaps Jharkhand is the only and first state in the country's history, which is running for two days without a police chief. "Not only the DGP's post, but the positions of DGP for the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) and criminal investigation department (CID) are also lying vacant," Marandi said. Notably, Gupta was appointed DGP by the state govt through a new rule on Feb 2 this year for two years. However, the Union home ministry, in a letter to the Jharkhand chief secretary on April 22, said the DGP's appointment made under the new rule was not consistence with the prevalent appointment guidelines and also contrary to the directions laid down by the Supreme Court in the Prakash Singh case. The letter further said, "… an IPS officer shall superannuate at the age of 60. Extension of service beyond superannuation is granted only by the central govt or a two-year tenure, irrespective of the superannuation, is given to the DGP of the state appointed through the procedure laid down by the Supreme Court in the Prakash Singh case. However, in the present case, the central govt has not granted extension of service to Anurag Gupta, IPS, who is due to superannuate on April 30, 2025." Referring to the letter, Marandi said the directives being issued by Gupta as DGP were unconstitutional and alleged that the govt appointed Gupta as DGP for its political benefits. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now "According to the All India Service Rules, the govt is supposed to send a recommendation of a panel for the DGP's appointment to the UPSC, but the Jharkhand govt made its own rules. Despite knowing that Anurag Gupta would retire on April 30, the govt blatantly ignored all rules of the country and appointed him DGP on February 2. The appointment just two months before his retirement indicates that they are using their new rule that allows a DGP to remain in the position for at least two years for their political benefits," Marandi added.
Indian Express
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Six months and no LoP in Haryana from Congress, Saini govt considers ‘legal options'
The Haryana government is considering seeking legal opinion on how to 'bypass' the requirement of a Leader of the Opposition in panels for selection to several posts, given the Congress's failure to appoint one more than six months after the BJP returned to power in the state. The faction-ridden Haryana Congress is no closer to deciding its legislature party head, who would serve as the LoP. Sources said the decision was at least a few more weeks away. Incidentally, in a similar situation in Jharkhand, when the BJP had failed to choose an LoP four months into a JMM-led alliance government, the latter had gone to the Supreme Court. In January, the Supreme Court intervened, and in March, the BJP named Babulal Marandi as the LoP. In Haryana, along with the Chief Minister and a minister, an LoP is part of selection committees for appointments to posts such as the Chief Information Commissioner and 10 Information Commissioners. Currently the State Information Commission is functioning with barely three members – Jagbir Singh, Pradeep Kumar Shekhawat and Kulbir Chhikara – with pending appeals and complaints under the Right to Information Act now numbering over 7,200. Sources said former chief secretary T V S N Prasad is among the frontrunners for the post of Chief Information Commissioner, if and when the meeting of the selection committee takes place. Last week, speaking to mediapersons, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said: 'We are going to take legal opinion from the Advocate General to see how we can go ahead with the appointments that are stuck due to the absence of an LoP.' Haryana BJP chief Mohan Lal Badoli told The Indian Express: 'It is for the Congress to decide whom they want to appoint as their CLP leader. But, the government has to go ahead with its appointments. Whatever can be done legally, the government shall do.' In the case of Jharkhand, the Supreme Court had directed the BJP on January 5 to nominate an LoP within two weeks, while hearing a petition regarding the long-pending appointments of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in the state. The state government had told the Court that the main reason for the delay was the absence of an LoP. The BJP had finally named Marandi as its legislature party leader in March. While Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the senior-most leader of the Congress in Haryana, declined to comment on the issue, Congress Rohtak MLA B B Batra said the government was wrongly claiming that its hands were tied on the matter of appointments. Claiming that the Congress decision on LoP would come 'soon' and that only a limited number of appointments were decided by selection panels of which the LoP was a part, Batra said: 'But, there is no bar on the government to hold a selection committee meeting. They can do so without the LoP, too… pick any senior leader from the opposition party instead.' At the Centre, for example, after the Congress could not lay claim to Leader of the Opposition post due to the low number of seats it won in the 2014 general elections, the Modi government had included Mallikarjun Kharge – by virtue of being the leader in the Lok Sabha of the Congress, the single-largest party – in several selection panels.
