Jharkhand CM's no to early polls

RANCHI: Chief minister Arjun Munda on Tuesday made it clear that assembly elections would take place only when it is due and not before that.
“While the party has decided to go in for an early Lok Sabha elections, the state assembly elections would take place at its scheduled time,� Munda said ending all speculations over simultaneous polls.
Munda,who was speaking to media persons on his return after attending the BJP’s national executive committee meeting, narrated in detail about some important decisions of the meeting.He said the government has slashed the aviation fuel tax to 4 per cent from the existing 25 per cent. Claiming that Jharkhand would be the third state to charge such a low fuel tax, he said the decision has been taken in order to boost the aviation industry in the region.
The decision would cost the state exchequer something around Rs 1.5 crore, but as more aircrafts would get fuel from here, the loss would be minimised, Munda said.
He also said the government has spoken to the civil aviation minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy about the beautification and expansion of the airport and some funds are being allocated for the purpose. More direct flights from the capital are also being worked out. The cabinet also announced the release of a sum of Rs 9 crore, for preparing and issuing voters identity card. It has also transferred the job of preparing identity cards from Lucknow-based-Instrumentation to Kolkata based CMC.
Also, a committee under chief secretary would be constituted to grant permission to IT firms to lay down optical fiber cables. There would be no charge for getting the proposal cleared, but the firm would have to provide the state government with 2-mega bytes bandwidth free of cost.
Besides, Munda also gave directions to include in the next meeting a proposal to distribute free books to students studying up to Class VIII in all the government schools.