Ranchi, July 26 (HS): On the first day of the monsoon session of Jharkhand Assembly, before the session started on Friday, the opposition staged a dharna outside the House. BJP leaders are sitting outside the House with banners and raising slogans against Chief Minister Hemant Soren.

It is written on the banner that stone, coal, sand, land looting Hemant, Hai Hai, what happened to five lakh jobs?, Killer of youth's dreams Hai Hai, what happened to the unemployment allowance of 5000 to graduates and 7000 to postgraduates?? Among those who staged the dharna were MLAs Amit Mandal, Samari Lal, Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta, Biranchi Narayan and other MLAs.

Gomia MLA Lambodar Mahato, who was staging the dharna, demanded immediate payment of billions of rupees of depositors of the state who invested in Sahara of Jharkhand state.

Here, tight security arrangements have been made on the first day of the monsoon session of Jharkhand Assembly. There are special security arrangements to ensure that assistant policemen do not enter the assembly premises during the special session. Everyone's ID and pass are being checked at four levels. Only then are people being allowed to enter the assembly premises.

Hindusthan Samachar / Indrani Sarkar / Manoj Kumar Tayal