Govt will welcome constructive criticism to correct ourselves:

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday said his government will pursue development that people will feel without any official advertisement.

He further said his government would end the development model of "filling up coffers of politicians and officers", taking a veiled dig at the previous government.

Soren is heading JMM-Congress-RJD coalition ministry which has succeded the BJP-led ministry in the state.

He said his government will listen to everyone and will welcome constructive criticism to "correct ourselves".

The cm was replying to the motion of thanks on Governor Droupadi Murmus speech amidst a din in the Assembly.

"The development will be felt and will be visible without any government advertisement. This development will not be such that shown on TV channels and newspapers but will be a development that brings smiles on the (faces of) the poor".

He recalled his touch with the people during the last five years as the leader of the opposition made him realise how people were deprived of education, health, employment and other facilities and rights.

"I have been telling since the previous House that emotions of the people should not be trampled upon by the power of number (majority in the assembly). The rights of the poor and the tribals should not be snatched away; their Constitutional rights should not be attacked; but there was no government to listen (to them)," Soren claimed.

He added; "Now the people have elected a government that listens. We will listen to everyone of the ruling and the opposition; of the Chair (Speaker) and the media;intellectuals and social activists; youth and the elders as this is a government that will listen to everyone."
Promising to give rights to the people, who "believed and blessed me", Soren said, "I tell with firmness I will stand like a symbol of fighting against exploitation."
He also called upon the people saying "Our happiness should not become dangerous to anybody else."