Neither NRC nor UCC will work in Jharkhand: CM Hemant Soren
Nov 03, 2024
Gumla (Jharkhand) [India], November 3 : Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday hit out at the BJP and said that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Uniform Civil Code (UCC) scheme would not work in Jharkhand state.
Hemant Soren said, "They (BJP) are saying right now that they will implement NRC, UCC. We said that neither NRC nor UCC will work here, only Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act (CNT) Act, Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act (SPT) Act and PESA (Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas) law will work here. We have started the Guruji credit card scheme for students so that they can fulfill their ambition to become engineers, doctors, and lawyers. Under Guruji credit card you can take loans worth Rs 15 lakh to fulfill your ambition."
He said that the state government has waived the electricity bills of the poor up to lakhs and 200 units of electricity will be free.
"We have introduced the Mukhyamantri Rojgaar Srijan Yojana. We have distributed loans to women for becoming entrepreneurs. They said that they would end Naxals here. How the elections are being conducted in two phases instead of five earlier if they used to call it naxal affected state," he added.
Earlier Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday released the BJP's Sankalp Patra (Manifesto) and announced the party will implement Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Jharkhand and will also "drive out infiltrators" coming from Bangladesh.
Outlining the 25 resolutions to mark 25 years of the state's formation, Shah said, "Hemant Babu, a Uniform Civil Code will certainly be implemented in Jharkhand, but the identity and heritage of the tribal communities will be fully preserved."
"Uniform Civil Code will be introduced in Jharkhand but the Tribal community will be kept out of the ambit of UCC," he said.
The BJP also promised that all lands occupied by the infiltrators will be returned to the tribal communities.
"BJP government is being formed in Jharkhand and we will drive out these infiltrators. We will bring the law and return the land taken away from women. Hemant Soren, you have failed to provide security to the women of Jharkhand," he added.
Elections for 81 seats in the Jharkhand Assembly will be conducted in two phases on November 13 and November 20, with the counting of votes scheduled for November 23.
