Pioneer News Service
Ranchi
Responding to BJP’s allegations, State Tourism, Art, Culture, Sports, and Youth Affairs Minister Sudivya Kumar (Sonu) said that the National Stakeholders’ Consultation 2026 was a great success and it will show new directions in drawing investment in the state.
Sonu said, “The previous government (BJP regime) investment policy was a big failure as no investment proposals had taken shape. But under the guidance of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, the state will witness investment flow in coming years.”
He further said that many potential companies such as Tata, Jindal Group have shown interest in investment. “Companies have shown interest in mining, tourism, IT and especially AI sectors. Coca Cola has planned to set up a bolting plant in the States. Ambuja Cement is interested in setting up cement factories in the state among others,” added Sonu.
Beyond its traditional identity as a mineral-rich state, Jharkhand is aggressively pitching itself to stakeholders for eco-tourism, wildlife, adventure, and tribal heritage tourism.
The minister said granting Industry Status to tourism has opened new opportunities for private investment, institutional finance and infrastructure development.
Alongside religious tourism, the state is promoting eco-tourism, wildlife tourism, adventure tourism, water sports, mining tourism and community-based tribal tourism to diversify its tourism offerings.
Meanwhile, JPCC General Secretary, Lal Kishore Nath Shahdeo, dismissed BJP spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo’s allegations as baseless, misleading, and obstructive to state development. He asserted that the Hemant Soren government is taking historic steps to transform Jharkhand into an industrial hub and generate employment, causing panic within the BJP.
Responding to BJP’s “repackaging” claims regarding the recent Delhi meet, Shahdeo explained that investment proposals and Letters of Intent received during the Chief Minister’s visits to Davos and the UK were formally institutionalized in Delhi through MoUs and firm investment commitments. He termed BJP’s criticism a sign of policy ignorance.
Taking a jibe at the central government for failing its promise of providing two crore jobs annually, Shahdeo stated that the Hemant Soren government is paving the way for millions of jobs by concrete implementation of a ₹99,639 crore investment.
