JHARKHAND GUV SKIPS GOVT EVENT ON STATEHOOD DAY
RANCHI: Jharkhand governor Ramesh Bais skipped the statehood day function organised by the state government on Tuesday, even as chief minister Hemant Soren launched several ambitious schemes and laid foundation of projects worth ₹5,433.24 crore.
Though governor Bais accompanied President Droupadi Murmu and Soren to the birthplace of tribal icon Birsa Munda in Khunti district to pay tributes to the freedom fighter on his birth anniversary, he did not turn up for the function organised by the Soren government to mark the 22nd statehood day.
Bais was invited as chief guest for the function at Ranchi’s Morhabadi ground. There was no statement from the state government and Raj Bhavan. A Raj Bhavan official said governor Bais was unwell. “He was not feeling well and the organisers were duly informed about it today,” the official said, seeking anonymity.
It came a day after Hemant Soren moved the high court seeking direction to restrain the governor from taking any further action in the alleged office-of-profit case involving the chief minister. “The state seemed to be at the mercy of the god. If you continue to bless me, I will make sure that the state stands on its feet by its own strength and not at the mercy of the god,” Soren told the crowd.