To mark two years of the Hemant Soren government, Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare minister Banna Gupta unveiled and laid the foundation stone for development schemes worth Rs 855 crore at Dhanbad’s New Town Hall.The function was also graced by Jharia MLA, Purnima Singh and district administration officials.

He even distributed assets among 170 beneficiaries out of the 8600 individuals marked under various welfare schemes during the function.

Speaking as the chief guest of the event, Gupta, termed the two-year tenure of the alliance government led by Chief Minister Hemant Soren as a successful one, which was full of achievements. He also highlighted the non cooperative attitude of the central government towards states with non-BJP governments.

“Though the federal governance policy calls for cooperation between the central and state government over issues concerning the common people. But at a time when the state government was busy saving lives during the second wave of pandemic the central government turned non-cooperative when it came to supplying crucial medicines like Remdesivir and also for making arrangements for oxygen supply in hospitals,” he said.

He began his speech by amplifying Jharkhand’s history of struggle against oppression. Gupta said, “Jharkhand has a long history of struggle against the oppression and exploitation beginning with rebellion of Tilka Manjhi against the British in 1784 around 70 years before Mangal Pandey, followed by struggle of Buddhu Bhagat against Jamindars and British regime in 1832 in form of Larka rebellion and rebellion of Siddhu Kanhu in 1855.”

He added, “Though, people of the state are very innocent, when it comes to the issue of Jal, Jungle and Jamin they have fought bravely and unseated such regimes.” However, he felt that the historians never did justice to the saga of bravery of the heroes and heroines of Jharkhand including the likes of Phulo Murmu and Jhano Murmu who along with their brothers Siddhu and Kanhu who were martyred for rebelling against the British.

He then went on to highlight the achievements of the present state government. “The government which came into power under the leadership of Hemant Soren two years ago launched Phulo Jhanto Yojna to financially help women from the weaker section of the society, who are traditionally engaged in making liquor to eke out a living,” said Gupta.