Ritika Tirkey has been entrusted with ensuring the safe operation of the Vande Bharat Express train. Thus she became India’s first tribal woman loco-pilot. Before this Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the Tata-Patna Vande Bharat Express on Sunday. This train was being operated by loco pilot SS Munda and Ritika Tirkey (27) as assistants. Ritika, from the tribal community of Jharkhand, is hailed as an icon of women empowerment and a trailblazer for the tribal society.
Champai Soren greeted Ritika Tirkey
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren posted on social media on Thursday that Ritika Tirkey is running Vande Bharat Express with full confidence. She is Jharkhand’s daughter and the country’s first woman tribal assistant loco pilot to run Vande Bharat. Furthermore, EX-CM wrote that this is the new India, in which this daughter of the tribal community is making our society and state proud with her education and talent.
Moreover, Champai Soren advised educating daughters and giving them a chance to move forward. Then only they will be able to come forward and lead the society and the country. Only then women’s empowerment will be visible on the ground.
Ritika joined Railways in 2019
Ritika Tirkey is originally from Gumla and now she lives with her husband in Jamshedpur. After obtaining a BE degree from BIT, Mesra, Ritika chose her career in Indian Railways. She joined the Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway (SER) in 2019 as a shunter. After that, she drove freight and passenger trains before being promoted to the rank of Senior Assistant Loco Pilot. Presently, she has the opportunity to assist in running the Vande Bharat Express.
Speaking to the media on the eve of flagging off the Vande Bharat Express, Ritika Tirkey said that she believes that women in India can achieve all their goals if they work hard. Ritika Tirkey said, “Opting for the Railways over a conventional job always felt like an adventure.” I would love to see more women pursue this as a career. Women can always lead.” Ritika said, “Yes, I am very happy to get this opportunity and I will give my best. I believe that women in India can achieve everything, provided they have the passion.”
Deepak Jha, Principal Chief Operation Manager (SER), said that Ritika Tirkey will inspire other women, including women from the tribal community, to aspire to make a career in the Railways.
Champai Soren will officially join the BJP on August 30 as per the post of Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on X. Former Jharkhand CM Champai will officially join the Bharatiya Janata Party on August 30 in Ranchi. Himanta said in his post that Soren met Home Minister Amit Shah. It is noteworthy that Champai Soren reached New Delhi along with Himanta to meet Amit Shah.
Before that Champai Soren was made the CM of Jharkhand after the arrest of Hemant Soren in the money laundering case. He served as CM from February to July. Later he was removed from the CM post after Hemant Soren got bail. Afterwards, Hemant Soren again became Chief Minister of Jharkhand. This move of Hemant Soren was been criticized.
Biography of Champai Soren
Champai Soren was born on the 1st of November 1956 in Jilinggora village in the Seraikela-Kharsawan district. Simal Soren, his father, is engaged in agricultural activities. His educational attainment includes studies up to Grade 10 in a government school. He is the parent of seven children.
Champai Soren had entered politics through the separate Jharkhand state movement in the 90s. He is considered very close to JMM President Shibu Soren and Working President Hemant Soren.
Champai Soren is an Indian politician from the state of Jharkhand. He is a prominent leader of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), a political party that primarily represents the tribal and indigenous populations of Jharkhand. He has been an influential figure in Jharkhand’s state politics and has served multiple terms as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Seraikela constituency. Champai Soren has been elected to the Assembly in every election since 2005.
Soren has played an important role in advocating for the rights of tribal communities, focusing on issues related to land, water, and forest conservation. He has also been actively involved in the movement for the separate statehood of Jharkhand, which was created in 2000 after being carved out of Bihar.
Champai Soren has held various positions within the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and the state government. He has been known for his grassroots leadership and efforts to uplift marginalized communities.
Second visit of Champai Soren to Delhi
This was the second visit to Delhi of Champai Soren after resigning as CM. During his last visit to Delhi, he had made serious allegations against the JMM party leadership. Champai had accused the party leadership of humiliating him through a post on social media. In the post, he wrote that he is emotionally hurt due to the continuous insulting behaviours.
Sharing his pain, Champai said that after continuous insults and contempt, he was left with the option of retiring from politics, setting up his organization or moving forward with a new partner. Furthermore, he said that the options are open till the assembly elections. Moreover, a new chapter of his life is going to start. He also talked about finding a new option. Later there were discussions that he could also form a new party.
In between the two visit
Between these two visits, the former CM met his supporters in the Kolhan area of Jharkhand before the assembly elections. He also discussed the strategy with party workers. After this, while talking to journalists, Champai Soren indicated that he would form a new party. There was also some speculation that 68-year-old Champai Soren, angry with JMM, along with some of his workers, is looking for opportunities outside the party. Now the curtain has been lifted from all this. Moreover, assembly elections are going to be held in Jharkhand later this year.
ED arrested the Chief Engineer of Jharkhand Rural Development Department, Virendra K. Ram in a money laundering case in February last year.
According to the information, property worth Rs 150 crore was found at Virendra’s place. Apart from this, gold jewellery worth two crores was also recovered. ED also recovered a laptop and some pen drives from Virendra Ram. ED had started raiding 24 locations of Virendra on February 21 last year which ended on February 22. Virendra Ram was interrogated by the agency for two days based on the documents recovered from him during this raid.
The ED had told the court that an investigation of the bank accounts of Virendra and his family revealed money disproportionate to their legal sources of income. It is alleged that Ram acquired movable and immovable properties in the name of his father, wife and other family members. This wealth is not in proportion to the family income. A complaint in a money laundering case was filed against Virendra Ram in September 2020.
ED Raid is going on
After a long interrogation, Virendra Ram had revealed his relations with many big people before the ED. Now ED conducted raids in various areas of Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. In the Virendra Ram case, a huge amount of cash was recovered from the domestic servant of Sanjeev Lal who is the personal secretary of Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam. Counting is going on and it is estimated that the cash will be more than 25 crore.
Hemant Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundry case last night after a long query for around 7 hours. In the custody of ED, he went to the governor’s house to resign as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
Furthermore, after the resignation of Hemant Soren, Champai Soren submitted his claim to form the government in Jharkhand to the governor. Champai Soren submitted a letter of support from 47 MLAs. The governor said that he would inform Champai Soran about his decision after studying the letter. After the governor’s approval, Champai Soran will become the next Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
How Hemant Soren got arrested
ED has sent 10 summons to Hemant Soren but he avoided the enquiry for the charges against him. On the 29th of January, he was in Delhi and ED officials went to his house in Delhi for enquiry. But he didn’t reach to his house. On the contrary, he hides himself in an unknown place to avoid enquiry. Probably He was anticipating his arrest. It is a surprise that the investing agencies can’t find a Chief Minister with Z+ security.
As per the media reports he was trying to contact the BJP leaders to stop his arrest. But when every effort was in vain he went back to Ranchi probably by road. As his chartered plane was there in Delhi. ED seized a BMW car and 36 lakhs rupees cash from his house in Delhi.
After the hideout of around 36 hours, Hemant Soren appeared in Ranchi on the 30th of January.
Hemant Soren appeared in Ranchi
He agreed to face the enquiry of ED at his residence on the 31st of January. Furthermore, he has given the time of yesterday noon. After the enquiry, ED took Hemant in custody yesterday night at around 9 PM.
Hemant Soren is the third CM of Jharkhand who is arrested
Before Hemant Soren, two such leaders of Jharkhand have been arrested, who were once the Chief Minister of the state. These include the names of Hemant Soren’s father Shibu Soren and the veteran leader of Jharkhand Madhu Koda.
After arrest of Hemant Soren
Before his arrest, Hemant Soren had a meeting on the 30th of January with MLAs at his residence. AS media reports, his agenda was to make his wife Kalpana Soren the next Chief Minister.
Kalpana Soren
Previously Lallu Prasad Yadav has done in Bihar by making Rabdi Devi as Chief minister of Bihar. But probably MLAs didn’t accept this. Kalpana Soren also attended the meeting of MLAs. Despite she is not an MLA. Then Hemant Soren called another meeting in the evening. He also planned the strategies after his probable arrest.
Champai Soren will be the next Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has taken this step after the decision of the resignation of Hemant Soren. Champai is said to be a close relative of Hemant Soren. Champai was holding the responsibility of cabinet minister in the current government. Apart from JMM, Congress was also an ally of the government. This will happen after the confirmation from the governor.
Who is Champai Soren?
Champai Soren
Champai Soren is a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Presently he is the MLA from Seraikela Assembly seat from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Party. As a Cabinet Minister, he was holding the responsibility of Transport, ST and SC and Backward Classes Welfare Department in the Hemant Soren government.
When the demand for a separate Jharkhand state from Bihar was being raised, Champai’s name remained in the news a lot. Along with Shibu Soren, Champai also participated in the movement in Jharkhand. Only after this people started calling him ‘Jharkhand Tiger’.
Champai was elected to the Jharkhand Assembly for the first time in 2005. After this, he became MLA in 2009 also. He held the responsibility of Minister of Science and Technology, Labor and Housing from September 2010 to January 2013. He was the Cabinet Minister for Food and Civil Supplies and Transport from July 2013 to December 2014.
Champai Soren was elected to Jharkhand Assembly for the third time in 2014. He became MLA for the fourth time in 2019. Along with this, he became the Minister of Transport, ST, SC and Backward Class Welfare in the Hemant government.
Cash worth Rs 300 crore has been recovered in the Income Tax Department’s raid on the premises of Dhiraj Sahu and his close associates. In the election affidavit filed before being elected to Rajya Sabha in 2018, Dhiraj Sahu had declared his assets worth Rs 34.83 crore. Dhiraj had claimed to have total movable assets worth Rs 20.41 crore.
Detail Story about Dhiraj Sahu cash scandal
Shocking pictures have come to light after the raid on the premises of Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dhiraj Sahu in Jharkhand. It has been revealed that similar bundles of notes were found in 30 cupboards. The Income Tax Department action has been going on for the last three days in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. This action is going on at the premises of Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dhiraj Sahu.
During the raid, 9 shelves were found full of notes. Bundles of notes crammed into shelves. In which mostly bundles of Rs 500, some bundles of Rs 200 are also seen. At first glance, it seems that it is a picture of a bank, but when the story behind the picture comes to light, everyone is surprised.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said still 15 almirahs are to be opened. Moreover, three dozen of counting machines had to be ordered to count the notes. It is assumed that the machine counting the notes was destroyed, so big note-counting machines were brought in from Hyderabad and Bhubaneswar. During a raid on premises in Jharkhand, the income tax department found that the total amount of money may be higher than the recovered amount till now.
This action was started due to expected tax evasion in liquor-related businesses. That is why the Income Tax Department had started raids on the premises of a group of companies involved in the liquor business on charges of tax evasion. And Dhiraj Sahu’s family in the liquor business.
BJP attacked on Congress
After this action, the BJP has become an attacker against Congress. In this matter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also reacted on Friday and taunted Congress.
After the pictures of shelves full of currency notes surfaced, the earnings of the Rajya Sabha MP are also being discussed. In such a situation, we should know who is Dhiraj Sahu. How much property has he declared in his election affidavit? What is Dheeraj’s source of income?
Who is Dhiraj Sahu?
Dhiraj Prasad Sahu is a Rajya Sabha member of Congress from Jharkhand. He was born in November 1959. BA pass Dhiraj was elected Rajya Sabha MP from Congress for the first time in July 2010. In 2018, Dhiraj was once again elected to the Rajya Sabha from Congress from Jharkhand.
Dhiraj had inherited politics. His brother Shiv Prasad Sahu has been a Lok Sabha MP. His family was associated with Congress since independence. Dheeraj, who entered politics in 1977, went to jail in 1978 in the Jail Bharo movement.
How much property has he declared in his election affidavit?
Dhiraj Sahu had claimed to have total movable assets worth Rs 20.41 crore. At that time, in the affidavit, he had declared a total cash of more than Rs 27 lakh with him. In this, it was stated that he had Rs 15 lakh, his wife had Rs 1.25 lakh and two dependents had more than Rs 10 lakh in cash.
Dhiraj declared a total of 22 bank accounts in Lohardaga, Sambalpur, Gumla, Bolangir, and Delhi for himself, his wife, and his dependents. A total of Rs 8.59 crore deposited in these bank accounts was reported.
The Congress MP had declared shares in companies and funds worth Rs 31.16 lakh. Similarly, Dhiraj had mentioned deposit insurance of Rs 8 lakh. At that time, the Congress MP had given loans and advances totalling Rs. 75.46 lakhs.
Cars like BMW, Fortuner and Range Rover
According to Dhiraj’s affidavit, he has a total of four cars worth Rs 1.51 crore in his name. Among these, the most expensive car is the BMW KV42 at Rs 87 lakh, the Fortuner at Rs 32 lakh, the Range Rover at Rs 24 lakh and the cheapest car is the Pajero at Rs 8.5 lakh.
Jewellery worth Rs 1.51 crore, including gold coins
The Congress MP had mentioned jewellery worth a total of Rs 1.51 crore in his affidavit. Of these, 20 kg of silver jewellery worth Rs 8 lakh and diamond jewellery worth Rs 26 lakh were declared in his name.
Whereas, 3100 grams of gold jewellery worth Rs 94.55 lakh and diamond jewellery worth Rs 7 lakh were mentioned in the name of the wife. Apart from this, information about 25 kg silver worth Rs 10 lakh and gold coin worth Rs 5.4 lakh was given in the name of a dependent.
Along with this, Rs 7.38 crore was mentioned in the affidavit as claim and interest. In this way, Dhiraj Sahu had claimed to have movable assets worth Rs 20.41 crore.
Dhiraj Sahu have houses in three states
Dhiraj Sahu had claimed to have immovable assets worth a total of Rs 14.85 crore. In his affidavit, the MP mentioned that there was agricultural land in 5 places and non-agricultural land in 1 place.
Along with this, he provided information about four residential houses and flats in his and his wife’s name in Lohardaga, Kolkata, Ranchi, and Delhi. At the same time, he claimed to have assets worth Rs 2.83 crore in the name of another dependent.
Liabilities
In his affidavit, the Congress leader had given information about liabilities of Rs 2.36 crore.
What is the source of income of Dhiraj Sahu?
Dhiraj Sahu cited business as his source of income, while his wife is a housewife.
