RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, Aug1: The BJP legislators boycotted the discussion on the drought situation in the state in the Jharkhand assembly.
The situation came after the house came into motion after lunch at 2 pm and BJP legislators wearing farmers’ dresses reached near the well demanding the immediate declaration of Jharkhand as a drought-hit state while the treasuring bench wanted to do so after a discussion on the issue.
Amidst the uproar, Chief Minister Hemant Soren also did not remain silent. He said that the BJP legislators are wearing only the dress of the farmer but actually are not original farmers.
He said that the government wants to discuss the current rainfall situation and the drought arising out of it but the BJP is conspiring to paralyze the entire house by creating a ruckus in the house.
“After we passed through a pandemic, another problem arose. The government is sensitive and serious towards all the people of the state, especially the rural areas. The government is willing to take the right decision in the interest of the farmers but the opposition does not want this to happen and is attempting to paralyze the house,” CM Soren said.
Speaker Ravindra Nath Mahto also supported the CM saying that in the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee, there was talk about the discussion and during the meeting BJP representatives CP Singh and Arpana Sen Gupta were also present but now they are creating a disturbance.
JMM MLA Lobin Hembrom too supported Soren saying BJP people are staging drama after participating in the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee.
In response to this, BJP MLA CP Singh said, in the Business Advisory Committee, he had demanded that the government should first declare Jharkhand as a famine area, then discuss it but the government is discussing the drought. “First the government should declare the state as a dry zone. The speaker should assure that Jharkhand will be declared a famine area after discussion only then there is any meaning of discussion,” Singh said.
In response to this, Mithilesh Thakur asked BJP MLA CP Singh to first differentiate between drought and famine.
