Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday announced that the Jharkhand government will bring in a strong and effective law on organ donation, responding to a two-day debate on the Governor’s address during the Budget Session of the Jharkhand Assembly.
Soren said that although policies exist at the national level, their impact has not been adequately felt at the grassroots. To address this, the state plans to reinforce the legal framework and launch extensive public awareness campaigns to facilitate timely organ transplants and save lives.
Highlighting the recent organ donation of a 10-month-old child from Kerala, he said such gestures transcend religious and social boundaries. “When lives are at stake, divisions of caste and religion fade away. This is humanity at its highest,” he said, stressing that Jharkhand will actively promote organ donation.
The Chief Minister said the proposed law aligns with his government’s long-term vision of positioning Jharkhand among India’s leading states by 2050. He also noted that, for the first time in the state’s 25-year Budget Session history, the opposition did not move any amendment to the Governor’s address.
As Soren began his address, MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party staged a walkout. He remarked that his government would correct flawed policies of the past and added that Jharkhand’s welfare schemes are now being discussed nationally.
With inputs from IANS