Prime Minister Modi Criticizes Jharkhand’s Ruling Alliance for Hindering Development

Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) [India], October 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has intensified his criticism of the ruling alliance in Jharkhand, which includes the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress, and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He stated that this alliance is the biggest obstacle to the state’s development.

PM Modi accused the JMM and Congress of being involved in numerous scams. He said, “Now JMM has also been influenced by Congress and RJD. This is not the same old JMM. Today JMM has been taken over by the Congress ecosystem. Today JMM is haunted by the ghost of Congress – the language changed, the character changed, and now they are trying to change the soul of Jharkhand. JMM and Congress are busy conducting a marathon of scams in Jharkhand.”

He further criticized the Hemant Soren-led state government for trying to derail the development efforts made by the central government. “The central government is working day and night for the development of Jharkhand, whereas, on the other hand, the state government is trying to derail the development of the state. Today everyone in the state knows that Congress, JMM, and RJD’s alliance is the biggest hindrance in the development of the state. Jharkhand will only grow and develop when the present government will lose. Jharkhand will only grow when there will be change in the state. Therefore, the Parivartan Yatra is underway in the state,” he said.

PM Modi also accused the current government of increasing corruption, especially through transfers and postings. “I have heard that now, when he is about to leave, he has increased both the speed and scale of corruption. Thousands of transfers have taken place in Jharkhand in the last two weeks. Transfer-posting industry… this is a very big industry. JMM has made crores of rupees on the pretext of this. But now this game is not going to last long… soon the government will change in Jharkhand and every penny of this loot will be accounted for,” he added.

He also recalled the time before 2001 when RJD and Congress were accused of looting Jharkhand’s resources. PM Modi credited Atal Bihari Vajpayee for creating the state of Jharkhand with peace and consensus. “BJP is the party which, along with all of you, saw the dream of Jharkhand state and also fulfilled it. As soon as Atal ji came to power, he created Jharkhand state with peace and consensus. We wanted the development of Jharkhand, we wanted to fulfill the dreams of the tribal society here but in fulfilling these, we had to fight with parties like RJD. A party like RJD had made Jharkhand its place of loot. Water, forest, land was openly looted. They had made this area a safe house for criminals and mafias and who was supporting RJD from Delhi? – Congress Party. Congress was equal shareholder with RJD. They used to say that Jharkhand won’t be made and Congress party had assured to suppress the demands of Jharkhand,” he said.

Jharkhand is expected to hold elections for its 81-member legislative assembly by December 2024, as the current government’s tenure is set to end in January 2025. The Election Commission is yet to announce the election schedule. In the 2020 assembly election, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha won 30 seats, the Bharatiya Janta Party 25, and the Congress won 16.