Leaders Pay Tribute to Birsa Munda; BJP Criticizes Congress for Absence
President Droupadi Murmu leads tribute to tribal leader Birsa Munda; BJP criticizes Congress for not attending the ceremony.
New Delhi, November 15 (Daily Kiran) : President Droupadi Murmu honored tribal leader Birsa Munda on his 151st birth anniversary with a floral tribute in New Delhi on November 15. The event was attended by Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and other prominent leaders. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) criticized the Congress party for its absence at the ceremony.
The tribute took place in the premises of Parliament, coinciding with the celebration of ‘Tribal Pride Day.’ BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari accused Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi of harboring a disdain for tribal heroes due to their absence.
In a post on X, Bhandari stated, “Rahul Gandhi and Congress hate tribal heroes!” He further claimed that Gandhi and the entire Gandhi-Vadra family failed to pay respects to Birsa Munda in Parliament.
Bhandari referenced a past comment by Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, recalling her remark about President Murmu, who comes from a tribal background. He noted how she referred to the President as a “poor woman” after her address during a joint session of Parliament in 2025.
Additionally, Bhandari criticized Rahul Gandhi for attending the ‘Bharat Shikhar Summit 2026’ organized by the Congress-led Telangana government while neglecting to honor Birsa Munda. He remarked, “Rahul Gandhi has time for a summit with the George Soros ecosystem in Hyderabad but not to pay respect to God Birsa Munda.” He concluded that Congress is anti-tribal.
In other developments, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal also paid their respects to Birsa Munda in the Parliament complex. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi extended heartfelt greetings to the people of Jharkhand on their statehood day, expressing confidence in their potential for development.
Jharkhand’s statehood day is celebrated annually on November 15, marking the day in 2000 when the state was carved out of southern Bihar under the Bihar Reorganization Act.
