Sparking a controversy with his remarks yet again, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, while addressing a public rally in Ramgarh district on Friday, advised tribals and the poor to keep their money in sacks, plastics and boxes and bury them under the ground instead of depositing in banks.
The Ramgarh assembly seat will soon see by-elections, with Bajrang Mahto as the candidate from Soren’s party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
Soren, during the rally for his candidate, also lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging the “biggest scam of independent India has happened in the Modi government”. “The country’s economy has collapsed. We don’t know which bank will sink when,” he said.
"Don't deposit money in the bank. Bury them in ground": Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
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THE STATEMENT
“From the very beginning, I have told farmers and labourers from villages and countryside that you should not deposit your money in the bank, because the banks are continuously running into losses. Fill the money in plastic and bury it in the ground, but don’t keep it in the bank. Never know when the bankers will run away with your money. Earlier, the elders did the same thing. At least they used to get the amount they kept. If you get only as much as you have deposited today, it is enough,” he said, targeting the Central government and describing the condition of the banks as unpredictable.
‘CORRUPT CM’; ‘DUTY TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE’
Speaking exclusively with CNN-News18, former chief minister Raghubar Das said, “Since the Hemant government has come to power, there is a loot in land resources, natural resources and ‘Jal Jungle Zameen’. Illegal sand and coal mining is rampant. Obviously when black money will come, it would be hidden beneath the ground. He is the head of corrupt people, so he is giving such statements. Such remarks are unconstitutional from a chief minister.”
Slamming the Centre over the Adani issue, cabinet minister Mithilesh Thakur said, “It is the duty of our leader to make people aware of the country’s condition where no institutions are secured. I support the statement of our chief minister. By burying money, he meant that people should spend their hard-earned money wisely and keep it safe.”