11 October 2023, Hazaribagh: Today, on the auspicious occasion of Loknayak Jayaprakash Jayanti and International Girl Child Day, NBJK organized a bicycle distribution ceremony among 400 girl students of 09 selected schools. The event held at Hazaribagh Stadium under the aegis of CSR initiative “Care Today” of India Today Group-TV Today Network in collaboration with Hazaribagh MP Mr. Jayant Sinha. The value of 400 bicycles distributed is approximately Rs 20 lakh.
On this occasion, the MP said that we want to serve the society and country through politics and we would have been happier if electric bicycles were available for these daughters. He said that the credibility of NBJK in the field of social service is well known and we are very happy to become a means of cooperation in the ongoing development work through them. The MP said that this is a cycle bank, in which after the holder girl passes 10th; her cycle will be transferred to another girl. He also took a round of the stadium ground on a bicycle with the girls.
Earlier, NBJK Secretary Mr. Satish Girija while welcoming them said that this ceremony of distribution of bicycles among school girls is an important moment in the lives of our daughters, which will help in removing their educational inconveniences, commuting from home to school. It will be convenient and they will get more time for studies. He told that the concept of cycle bank is associated with this programme, which will be successful in benefiting many girls with a single bicycle. Expressing his gratitude towards the MP and India Today Group, he said that today is the International Girl Child Day along with the birthday of NBJK mentor and great freedom fighter Loknayak Jayaprakash and through this collective effort, four hundred girl children have received bicycles, which is very important for us. It is a happy occasion.
The MP garlanded the picture of Loknayak and congratulated his unmatched patriotism. Advocate Mr. Swaroop Chand Jain, who has been a JP agitator, described JP’s disappearance from Hazaribagh jail during the British era, his leadership abilities after independence, student movement, emergency etc. and described his devotion to democratic values as exemplary.
NBJK President Girija Satish said that we work on the ideas of Gandhi, Vinoba, JP and the solution to the current global unrest lies only in Gandhism. Mr. Shankar Rana was conducting the dais and Mr. Rajiv Singh proposed the vote of thanks.