Sarna Code becomes a separate religion after Jharkhand Assembly passes resolution
- | Thursday | 12th November, 2020
The Jharkhand assembly has unanimously passed a resolution seeking the inclusion of Sarna as a separate religion in census, 2021. Soren said his government is sensitive to people’s sentiments and accepted the amendment, after which all the parties supported the resolution.
Now onwards, the Sarna will be counted as seperate religion. The Jharkhand assembly has unanimously passed a resolution seeking the inclusion of Sarna as a separate religion in census, 2021. Chief minister Hemant Soren said the resolution, passed during a special one-day assembly session on Wednesday, will now be sent to the centre for approval.
The opposition parties gave a proposal demanding a discussion on the resolution, which speaker Rabindra Nath Mahato accepted. BJP legislators proposed an amendment to the resolution seeking removal of the oblique from ‘tribal/Sarna’ word in it.
Soren said his government is sensitive to people’s sentiments and accepted the amendment, after which all the parties supported the resolution.
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