JH-ASSEMBLY-DAS

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar

Das Friday warned that anti-national elements and those found

indulging in unconstitutional activities would be crushed in

the state.

Responding to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MLA Stephen

Marandi on the issue of Pathalgadi (writing tenets on slabs)

incidents that took place last year in Khunti district, Das

said Pathalgadi is Jharkhand culture, but nobody would be

allowed to do unconstitutional acts in the garb of Pathalgadi.

'Pathalgadi' is reportedly a practice in which

villagers inscribe various tenets on huge stone slabs and ban

outsiders in their area.

Stating that 23 cases had been lodged in the

Pathalgadi incidents with 250 being accused and 36 arrests

made so far, Das said anti-national elements would be crushed

while nothing wrong would be done to the innocents.

Pointing to underdevelopment since independence, Das

said that in the last 67 years, no government had given a

thought on the youth, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi created

a Skill Development Ministry and imparted skill training to

make them employable.

Das said Ambassadors of 17 countries came to Ranchi on

January 10 when over one lakh youth were given jobs in private

sectors.

He said 27,172 youths were posted in the textile

sector with a salary of Rs 8,000 per month along with benefits

like free lodging and boarding.

He said Jharkhand was the first state in the country

to give two per cent reservation to the "primitive tribals".

Stating the previous governments policies had been to

trap farmers into loan debt, Das said his government has

launched Mukhya Mantri Krishi Asirwad Yozana under which a

farmer will get Rs 5,000 per acre (those who have less than

one acre are also entitled under the scheme) with the upper

limit being five acres.

He said that the Mukhiya Mantri Sukanya Yozana will

be launched on January 24 from Kolhan division, which will

stop child marriages and school dropout.