Ranchi: A co-working president of Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC), Bandhu Tirkey, announced a mega rally at Morabadi in Ranchi in February.
Hundreds of tribals had participated in the rally organised on Sunday by Janjati Suraksha Manch, alleged by several social outfits as a wing of RSS-backed Vanvasi Kalyan Kendra, demanding the delisting of tribals who have converted to other religions from the ST list
Ranchi: Jharkhand is among the three worst-performing states along with Bihar and Assam in this year’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) index released by Niti Aayog on Thursday. In terms of hunger reduction, the state fared at the bottom of all 28 states.
While the state government is yet to issue any formal reaction to the report, the ruling Congress party has rejected the ratings.
State finance minister Rameshwar Oraon, who also holds the food and civil supplies portfolio, could not be reached for comments, spokesperson of his party, Alok Dubey said, “We are yet to go through the details, but going by the preliminary report, we do not agree to the findings. As far as the hunger situation is concerned, the state government is at the forefront since the outbreak of the pandemic to help the people like running community kitchens and distributing advance ration among others. All ruling parties of our alliance government also run separate welfare camps to ensure that no one g