Dumka: The state government will hand over appointment letters to 10,000-15,000 youths by February-March to mark one year of the mahagathbandhan government, chief minister Hemant Soren said on Monday. Hemant was interacting with reporters at his residence in Dumka before leaving for Sahebganj when hundreds of aggrieved people from different districts, who had waited for hours to see him, asked him to resolve their grievances.
“My government has been working to create job opportunities thousands of people belonging to urban and rural pockets in light of the acute crisis caused by the shutting down of many establishments due to the pandemic,” Hemant said, adding that different schemes were introduced under MNREGA during the lockdown to ensure workers could tide over the crisis emerging out of the pandemic. “We will ensure that the pace of development gains momentum by introducing stimulus packages with suitable economic and fiscal policies,” he said.
About the ongoing battle between BJP and Trinamool Congress ahead of the coming elections in West Bengal, Hemant said the way the saffron party resorts to “unconstitutional tactics” was not a secret anymore. “There is no doubt that BJP will adopt the same tactics in Bengal, making the picture even hazy as to who will lose and who will gain,” he said, adding, “The saffron party leadership has become frustrated after losing in Jharkhand, where the electorate experienced the miseries of its misrule and taught them a lesson.”
On the recent announcement of his Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee to call a meeting with likeminded non-BJP leaders, Hemant said he will definitely take part in the same if invited.