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The funeral rites and funeral feast of Rupi Soren, the late mother of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, was organized with utmost reverence, simplicity and grandeur in her ancestral village Nemra in Ramgarh district. Many eminent personalities from every corner of Jharkhand and across the country reached Nemra to pay their last tribute to Rupi Soren, the life partner of Dishom Guru Shibu Soren and a leading matriarch of the state. An emotional atmosphere was witnessed in the entire village during this big religious and social event. Despite being the head of the state, Chief Minister Hemant Soren himself was seen present at the main gate of his ancestral house and in the pandals, welcoming every guest and common citizen and handling the arrangements.
The flow of VVIP guests continued to arrive during the Sanskar banquet. Yoga guru Swami Ramdev specially reached Nemra by helicopter. As soon as he arrived, Chief Minister Hemant Soren himself came forward and welcomed him cordially and took him inside his ancestral residence. Baba Ramdev paid a heartfelt tribute to the late Rupi Soren by offering flowers on his portrait and expressed his condolences to the bereaved Soren family. On this occasion, Baba Ramdev described former Chief Minister Dishom Guru Shibu Soren as his guru and said that his relationship with the Soren family goes back more than 25 years. He remembered Rupi Soren not just as a family member but as a mother figure of power in the Santhal community.
In this huge ritual feast organized in Nemra, a wonderful glimpse of the rich folk culture and traditional customs of the Santhal community was seen. According to Santhal tradition, goats, khala patta (sal leaves plates) and traditional items were presented by the maternal and maternal relatives of the Soren family. The simplicity of the leaders also remained the center of discussion on this historic occasion; While senior JMM leader Sarfaraz Ahmed reached Nemra by auto, former minister Mithilesh Thakur also walked several kilometers to the venue. Many ministers of Hemant Soren cabinet like Shilpi Neha Tirkey, Deepak Birua, MP Mahua Maji and all the MLAs and administrative officials of the state came to express their condolences on this auspicious occasion.
Huge waterproof pandals were made in Nemra for common and special people, where arrangements were made for thousands of people to sit and eat together. During this traditional feast consisting of mutton, puri, rice, dal and various sweets, Chief Minister Hemant Soren himself kept roaming among the pandals. He went to the elders, women and tribals from remote villages who were having food, placed his hands on their heads and took blessings and took personal feedback regarding the arrangement of the food. This cordial and down to earth behavior of the Chief Minister won the hearts of everyone present there.
In view of the huge crowd gathering at the Sanskar Banquet and the presence of many VVIP faces, strict security arrangements were made by the district and police administration. More than 2,000 policemen, including more than a dozen senior IPS officers and dozens of DSPs, were deployed across the area. Totos, autos and special buses were operated from the main roads till Nemra village so that people coming from far away places do not have to walk on foot. Such elaborate arrangements of drinking water, first aid, vehicle parking and CCTV surveillance were made in the entire village that despite such a huge crowd, the entire program was conducted in a peaceful and disciplined manner.