Jharkhand Director General of Police Anurag Gupta said that "a burden has been lifted from the earth" after dreaded Naxal leader Pappu Lohra and zonal commander Prabhat Ganjhu were killed in an encounter with police in Latehar district.
The BJP MP also slammed Congress over the arrest of senior IAS Officer Vinay Kumar Choubey and stated that wherever the party was, corruption would exist.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren chaired a meeting of the Tribal Advisory Council (TAC) in Ranchi. The council consists of 19 members, including 11 from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), four from Congress, and two from the BJP.
Kharge presided over the meeting in Ranchi, which saw the participation of senior party leaders, including Congress National General Secretary KC Venugopal, state in-charge K Raju, and Jharkhand Congress President Keshav Mahato Kamlesh.
The Minister of State for Coal and Mines, Satish Chandra Dubey, chaired a meeting to review the performance of Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDI) on Sunday in Jharkhand's Ranchi.
Minister of State (MoS) for Defence, Sanjay Seth, on Saturday, termed all the "retaliatory actions" taken by the government in response to the Pahalgam terror attack justified. Speaking to ANI, Seth asserted that the terrorists will not be spared.
Marandi claimed that 3,000 Muslim children in Chakulia, East Singhbhum, were being issued Aadhaar cards, despite there being no Muslim families in the area.