Raghubar Das ministry

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Raghubar Das ministry
Ministry of Jharkhand
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Raghubar Das
Hon'ble Chief Minister of Jharkhand
Date formed28 December 2014
Date dissolved29 December 2019
People and organisations
Head of state Syed Ahmed
Draupadi Murmu
Head of government Raghubar Das
Member parties BJP
Status in legislature Majority
Opposition party JMM
Opposition leader Hemant Soren
History
Election(s) 2014
Legislature term(s)5 years
PredecessorFirst Hemant Soren ministry
Successor Second Hemant Soren ministry

This is a list of minister from Raghubar Das cabinets starting from 28 December 2014. Raghubar Das is a politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party, and was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

On 28 December 2014, Nilkanth Singh Munda, Chandreshwar Prasad Singh, Dr. Louis Marandi of BJP and Chandra Prakash Choudhary of All Jharkhand Students Union were sworn in as cabinet ministers along with Raghubar Das as Chief Ministers. [6] Das became the 10th and first non-tribal Chief Ministers of Jharkhand. [7] [8]

Council of Ministers [9] [10]

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Chief Minister
Home Affairs
Finance
Planning & Development
Departments not allotted to any Minister		28 December 201429 December 2019  BJP
Minister of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj28 December 201429 December 2019  BJP
Minister of Urban Development & Housing28 December 201429 December 2019  BJP
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs28 December 201420 February 2015  BJP
20 February 201513 December 2019  BJP
Minister of Women & Child Development
Minister of Social Welfare & Minority Welfare		28 December 201429 December 2019  BJP
Minister of Water Resources
Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation		28 December 20144 June 2019  AJSU
Minister of Disaster Management28 December 201420 February 2015  AJSU
20 February 201529 December 2019  BJP
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution19 February 201513 December 2019  BJP
Minister of Labour, Employment & Training19 February 201529 December 2019  BJP
Minister of Health, Medical Education & Family Welfare19 February 201529 December 2019  BJP
Minister of Education19 February 201529 December 2019  BJP
Minister of Revenue & Land Reforms
Minister of Art & Culture
Minister of Sports & Youth Affairs		19 February 201529 December 2019  BJP
Minister of Agriculture & Sugarcane Development
Minister of Animal Husbandry & Fisheries		19 February 201529 December 2019  BJP

History

Pathalgadi movement against tribal land law amendments

In 2016–2017, the Raghubar Das government was seeking amendments to the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act, 1908, and the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act, 1949. These two original laws had safeguarded the rights of the tribal communities on their land. According to the existing laws the land transactions could only be done between the tribals. The new amendments gave the tribals the right to allow the government to make commercial use of the tribal land and to take the tribal land on lease. The proposed bill amending the existing law had been approved by the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. The bills were sent to Murmu for approval in November 2016. [11] [12]

The tribal people had strongly objected to the proposed law. During the Pathalgardi rebellion, protests were held against the proposed amendments to the tenancy acts. [13] In one incident the protests turned violent and the tribals abducted the security detail of the BJP MP Karia Munda. Police responded with a violent crackdown on the tribals that caused the death of a tribal man. Criminal cases were filed against more than 200 people including the tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy. Governor Droupadi Murmu, was criticized for her soft stand on police aggression against tribals during the movement. According to woman tribal rights activist Aloka Kujur she was expected to speak up to the government in support of the tribals but it did not happen, and instead she appealed to the Pathalgarhi agitation leaders to repose faith in the constitution. [11]

Murmu had received total of 192 memorandums against the amendments in the bill. [11] Then opposition leader Hemant Soren had said that the BJP government wanted to acquire tribal land through the two amendment Bills for the benefit of corporates. Opposition parties Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, the Congress, the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha and others had put intense pressure against the bill. [13] On 24 May 2017, Murmu relented and refused to give assent to the bills and returned the bill to the state government along with the memorandums she had received. The bill was later withdrawn in August 2017. [11]

Religion and land bill

In 2017, the ministry approved the Freedom of Religion Bill, 2017, and the bill to amend the Land Acquisition 2013 Act passed by the Jharkhand Assembly. [14]

The new religion bill makes it an offence subject to a penalty of three years in prison, to coerce or lure a person to convert their religion. If the person coerced is a member of a Scheduled Caste or tribe, a minor, or female, the prison term increases to four years. Fines can be levied in any case. The bill also made it mandatory for voluntary converts, to inform the Deputy Commissioner about their conversion, and to give full details about the circumstances. [14]

The amendments in the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, involved changes in the compensation duration and requirements for social impacts assessment. According to the passed law, monetary compensation for government acquisition of tribal land must be paid within six months of acquisition. The requirement for social impact assessments was dropped for some types of infrastructure projects. [14]

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  9. ↑ "Portfolios allocated to four ministers in Jharkhand". The Economic Times.
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  11. 1 2 3 4 "Tribal activists expect Droupadi Murmu to be assertive as President". www.telegraphindia.com. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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  14. 1 2 3 "Jharkhand Guv approves Freedom of Religion bill, land act; BJP welcomes move". The Indian Express. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
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