Last year, BJP Member of Parliament from Godda Nishikant Dubey made demands for implementation of different people oriented development projects in Santhal Pargana region of the state. The MP called off his indefinite fast after party president Nitin Gadkari assured to look into his demands.
Nishikant Dubey made a public statement saying that he received assurances from Gadkari and Sushma Swaraj, leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha that they would look carefully into his demands. The Member of Parliament made this statement after the Police Superintendent Subodh Prasad and Deputy Commissioner of Deoghar, K Ravi Kumar offered him a drink that evening.
Dubey’s demands were too serious that even Arjun Munda; Jharkhand Chief Minister directed the district administration to look into the implementation of pending projects raised by Nishikant Dubey. In order to mount pressure on the Union governments as well as Jharkhand to implement people-oriented development projects, he sat on indefinite fast at Vir Kunwar Chowk. The projects lied pending for long in Santhal Paragana division.
The Member of Parliament made numerous demands including development the temple township of Deoghar as tourist destination, expansion of airport in Deoghar, a hospital of 500 beds with all modern facility in Hasidiha, Dumka, and all the 6 districts including Dumka, Deoghar, and Godda be included in integrated development plan of the government.
Dubey demanded also construction of modern poly-technique institutes, colleges, and schools in all blocks of the division, rail line between Hasidiha-Godda, and Dumri-Rampur hat road via Deoghar and Deoghar-Sahebgunj road via Godda.
On the other side of his demands, members of Lok Sabha supported bill to offer Rs 5,000 monthly pension to a retired person from private and unorganized sectors. The bill introduced by BJP Member of Parliament he received support from members cutting across party lines in the Lok Sabha.
The bill called the National Minimum Pension (Guarantee), 2014, introduced by Dubey seeks also the establishment of a National Pension Board. The responsibility of the board would be to maintain record of people who have retired from employment in private or unorganized sector, even people who are 60 years old but are not receiving the minimum pension under the proposed Act. When Nishikant Dubey initiated the discussion on the proposed bill, he said that the universal pension scheme is the best solution to make sure that aged people, who are poor, get also a square meal. He added that it is not fair to have policies jut for young people when there are also old-aged people in the country.
Nishikant Dubey said that the scheme would make sure social security for those in the private and unorganized sectors. The National Minimum Pension bill seeks, among others, to establish a National Pension Fund with a budget of Rs. 50,000 crore. BJD Bhartruhari Mahtab, who supports the bill, said that life expectancy is on the rise also with the enhancement in medical amenities. Therefore, there is an urgent need to establish the Board that would look after those downtrodden people, farmers, and unorganized sectors.
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