Bokaro deaths caused by illness, not hunger: Jharkhand Minister to Assembly
(WorldNews India)

The Jharkhand government has told the Assembly that the deaths of 42-year-old Bhukkhal Ghansi and his two children in Bokaro were not caused by “hunger”, but by “illness”. Bhukkhal Ghasi died in March, months after the JMM-Congress government came to power. Incidentally, Hemant Soren had made deaths caused due to starvation during the BJP rule a major plank in his poll campaign. “Naamo Bhukkhal, marlo bhi bhookhal (His name was hungry and he died hungry),” Bhukkal`s wife Rekha had told The Indian Express after his death. The family did not have a ration card and did not have access to subsidised foodgrain under the National Food Security Act. After Bhukkhal`s death, his 14-year-old son and...