Ranchi::Concerns over thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, and the growing shortage of blood in Jharkhand were raised prominently as leaders of CPI(ML) met Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday evening. The delegation, led by CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, along with party MLA Arup Chatterjee and former MLA Vinod Singh, discussed the issues in detail, terming the interaction “important and positive.”
Earlier in the day, a delegation of social organisations, under the leadership of “Lahoo Bolega” blood donation group, met Bhattacharya at the CPI(ML) office in Ranchi and submitted a memorandum highlighting key concerns. The delegation included members associated with the Jharkhand Thalassemia Patients Association, as well as activists working on disability rights, Right to Education, Right to Information, and minority rights.
The representatives raised the critical condition of thalassemia and sickle cell patients in the state, the persistent shortage of blood, and demanded that such patients be included under the disability category with provisions like permanent railway passes. Issues related to the implementation of the Right to Education, functioning of the Information Commission, and concerns of minority communities were also discussed.
Bhattacharya assured the delegation that CPI(ML) legislators and Members of Parliament would take up these issues at appropriate forums, including before the state government and in Parliament.
Among those present were CPI(ML) Jharkhand State Secretary Manoj Bhakt, Central Committee members Shuvendu Sen, R.N. Singh, and Nandita Bhattacharya. Participants also included Nadeem Khan of “Lahoo Bolega,” along with Sanjay Toppo, Devki Devi, Farhiya Bilkis, Suranjan Bada, Tej Kumar Mahto, Powal Kumar, Tanveer Ahmad, Tariq Mujibi, Hasan Banna, Akram Rashid, Syed Faraz Abbas, and Asfar Khan.
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