by:Rajesh Kumar Pandey, TNN, Dec 22, 2009, 10.30pm IST
Read more: Statehood demand for Santhal Pargana gains momentum - Ranchi - City - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Statehood-demand-for-Santhal-Pargana-gains-momentum/articleshow/5367289.cms#ixzz0wCbetYFk
DUMKA: The demand for a separate statehood for Santhal Pargana gained momentum on the 154th foundation day of the region on Tuesday.
The Gram Pradhan Majhi Sangathan, the district-level body of the traditional local self-government resolved to launch an agitation to press for the demand to bifurcate Jharkhand for creating Santhal Pargana as a separate state. It appealed to the common people to support the issue in light of the continuous neglect of the region and its indigenous people.
Hundreds of gram pradhans (village heads) from different parts of Santhal Pargana had gathered at the Yagya Maidan here to mark the foundation day of the region. The village heads were unanimous in their demand, stating that the region remained deprived from its share of benefits due to the discriminatory attitude of the subsequent Union and state governments.
In a press release, the Sangathan said that the traditional system of pradhani (village headship) was accorded legal status during the regime of the British government in the year 1856 which was further strengthened in 1872 by providing additional authority to the local village bodies.
However, the increasing administrative interference after the independence of the country left the traditional self-rule bodies helpless in resolving local issues despite the constitutional authority vested in them in terms of settling disputes by exercising judicial powers.
Bhim Prasad Mandal, the president of the district chapter of the organization, said that administrative indifference towards decentralizing power by recognizing the village bodies was mainly motivated by vested interests as a result of which, the socio-economic self-dependence of the Santhal Pargana villages had hit roadblock. He recalled that even the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, was in favour of economic independence for the region.
The patron of the organization and former MLA, Mohril Murmu, said this is high time the village heads and other stakeholders stood for the restorations of the self-rule system in a united way as the natives of the Santhal Pargana have even been barred from basic requirements of their livelihood.
The foundation day of Santhal Pargana was also organized at the S P College here by the "Sido Kanhu Gota Bharot Hul Baisi", a tribal organization.
SKMU vice chancellor Victor Tigga, pro-vice chancellor Pramodini Hansdak and former deputy chief minister Stephen Marandi were among the distinguished guests on the occasion.
Read more: Statehood demand for Santhal Pargana gains momentum - Ranchi - City - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Statehood-demand-for-Santhal-Pargana-gains-momentum/articleshow/5367289.cms#ixzz0wCbU9s6E
Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Statehood-demand-for-Santhal-Pargana-gains-momentum/articleshow/5367289.cms
**************************************************************************************
Subscribe to:
Post Comments
(
Atom
)
0 comments:
Post a Comment