Will strengthen RJD in Jharkhand: Tejas

PATNA: Leader of opposition in Bihar assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Saturday reached Ranchi to chalk out a strategy to strengthen his party’s base in Jharkhand. He said though mineral-rich Jharkhand gives a lot to the country, it hardly gets its due share in return.
“Jharkhand is the land of struggle. Its minerals and resources help in developing the country. However, the amount which Jharkhand gives to the country, the central government does not give its equivalent share to Jharkhand (sic),” Tejashwi tweeted after reaching Ranchi.
“Until and unless the old Bihar, that is Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha progress, the country will not develop,” he further tweeted.
Soon after reaching Ranchi, Tejashwi garlanded the statues of Birsa Munda and Jannayak Karpoori Thakur and paid tributes to both the legends. On Sunday, Tejashwi is scheduled to meet RJD workers at Ranchi.
RJD’s Bihar spokesperson Chitranjan Gagan said Tejashwi would now regularly visit Jharkhand and hold meetings with party’s office-bearers and workers there. “Every third Saturday of each month, Tejashwiji will visit Jharkhand and review the party’s progress,” said Gagan, recalling the time when RJD had 10 MLAs in Jharkhand a decade back. “RJD under Tejashwiji’s leadership will strengthen its base in Jharkhand,” Gagan added.
The RJD has just one MLA in Jharkhand, Satyanand Bokta, who represents Chatra constituency and is heading the labour ministry in the coalition government led by Hemant Soren.