Ranchi erupted in political theater Friday as Jharkhand’s Assembly dissected rural sector grants. Minister Deepika Pandey Singh parried opposition barbs, reaffirming rural renaissance as governmental gospel. PESA Act’s fresh ink shields Adivasis, vesting gram sabhas with land-water-forest authority via innovative meeting spaces and female appointments.
BVG Ramji (ex-MGNREGA) clocked 10 crore man-days, employment sanctity intact despite Centre’s ‘dues blockade’—massive MGNREGA arrears plus 15th Finance Commission snub. Abua Awas tallied 1.90 lakh homes, payments transparent across stages, quashing cash crunch cries.
SHG women warriors planted 2.72 crore saplings, fueling green growth. BJP firebrand Pradeep Prasad torched the facade: Rs 9,500 crore sanctioned last year, yet January 2026 sees Rs 367 crore disbursed. Rural works, panchayats mirror the inertia.
New budgets ring hollow without old spends, he thundered, spotlighting corrupt官 raids yielding fortunes. Jairam Mahto (JMM) decried rural-urban fiscal chasms, pitching feedback-driven roads and bridges. Amit Yadav hammered pending dwellings in key schemes.
Baitha (Congress) and Mahato (CPI-ML) amplified: refine PESA, fortify sabhas, expedite works. Government’s achievement ledger clashed with opposition’s ledger of lapses, underscoring rural development’s high-stakes battleground.