On 15 November 2016, the occasion of Birsa Jayanti, CPI(ML) activists took out a Sankalp (Resolve) March from the Birsa Central jail square and paid tributes at his memorial in Kokar by garlanding the statue of Birsa Munda.
The Sankalp March was led by District Secretary Com. Bhuvaneshwar Kewat, Com. Ajab Lal Singh and Com. Sudama Khalkho. The activists who participated in the march paid tribute to Birsa with slogans such as “Village and City Call Alike, Company Raj Will Not be Tolerated”, “Stop Killing Farmers and Adivasis”, “Take Back Amendments to CNT Act”, “Jail for the Guilty in Police Firing Incident”, and “We Shall Build the Jharkhand of Birsa’s Dreams”.
Floral tributes to Birsa’s statue were paid by CPI(ML) leaders. Addressing the gathering at the Birsa Memorial, the Party leaders said that even after 16 years of statehood the condition of villages in Jharkhand is dismal. Each successive government has indulged in empty promises and proclamations which has turned the people’s initial happiness and enthusiasm at the founding of the State into anger. In order to crush this people’s anger the government is resorting to killing farmers, adivasis, and students through violence and police firing. They resolved to strengthen the movements against the government ploys to loot the land and livelihood of people.
