RANCHI: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), one of the constituents of the incumbent mahagathbandhan government in Jharkhand, on Tuesday expressed grave concerns over Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement of the Centre’s asset monetization plan of Rs 6 lakh crore by 2024-25 FY.
“It has become crystal clear that every asset owned by the nation will be sold to corporate groups. Do not become surprised if Jharkhand becomes ‘Adani’khand overnight,” JMM general secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya said on Tuesday.
Bhattacharya said: “The Centre’s announcement implies that everything that is owned by the nation will be sold to the corporate houses. Airports, railways, stadiums, public sector units and every asset owned by the country will be up for grabs. It is being done under the watch of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who while addressing an election rally after the Pulwama terror attack (in 2019) had claimed: ‘Desh Nahi Bechne Dunga’”.
Bhattacharya also claimed that on Monday, Odisha police intercepted JMM’s Odisha chief Anjali Soren and her associates while she was on her way to Rajgangpur in Sundergarh district. Anjali, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren’s elder sister, was headed to Rajgangpur to speak to the tribal families that are about to be displaced due to the upcoming projects of Jindal Group. “The incumbent BJD government is behaving exactly like the BJP government at the Centre. But we will not abandon the movement,” Bhattacharya added.
“Now, senior leaders of the party will join the movement. Party vice-president Champai Soren will visit Rajgangpur soon and if need be, party president Shibu Soren and working president Hemant Soren will also lend their voices to the movement,” Bhattacharya claimed.
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