Dishom Guru's fight against injustice to continue: J'khand CM after Shibu Soren's demise
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Ranchi (PTI): A day after veteran tribal leader Shibu Soren, fondly known as 'Dishom Guru', died, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that his father's fight against injustice would continue.
The CM also said he was passing through the most difficult phase of his life after the demise of his father.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) co-founder breathed his last at a Delhi hospital at the age of 81 after battling illness.
"I am passing through the most difficult phase of my life, a pillar of Jharkhand's soul gone. No book can explain Baba's struggle, but I vow to continue his fight against injustice," the Jharkhand CM posted on X.
Soren promised not to let Jharkhand "bow down" and vowed to work to realise his father's dreams by working for the oppressed and the poor.
The chief minister said he will put his foot in his father's shoes to wage a war against injustice.
"My father's shadow has disappeared...He was my guide, the root of my thoughts. He inspired thousands and millions of Jharkhandis, like a forest protecting them from sunlight," Soren asserted in the long social media post written in Hindi.
The chief minister also reminded that his father's beginning was "very simple".
Born in a small house in Nemra village, where there was poverty and hunger, but there was courage.
"He (elder Soren) lost his father in his childhood, but exploitation of the landlords ignited a fire that made him a fighter throughout his life," Soren posted.
"When I was a child, I used to ask him: Baba, why do people call you Dishom Guru? Then he used to smile and reply: Because I just understood their pain and made their fight my own," Soren penned.
The title was neither written in any book, nor provided by Parliament - it came from the hearts of the people of Jharkhand, the CM mentioned, adding that 'Dishom' means society and 'Guru' means the one who shows the path.
"And to tell the truth, Baba didn't just show us the path, he taught us to walk on this," he added.
The CM recounted that he saw his father only struggling and never afraid to wage a war against injustice.
"If standing up against injustice is a crime, then I will be guilty again and again. He used to say," Soren said in the social media post.
"No book can explain Baba's struggle. It was in his sweat, in his voice, and it was in his cracked heels covered by slippers." Hemant Soren said, adding that "when the Jharkhand state was formed, his dream came true, but he never considered power as an achievement".
"This state is not a chair for me...This is the identity of my people," Hemant Soren quoted Shibu Soren as saying.
"Baba (father) is not here today, but his voice echoes within me. I learnt to fight from you, Baba. I learnt to love Jharkhand from you without any selfish motive. Now you are no longer amongst us, but you are there in every path of Jharkhand. At every beat of the drum, in the soil of every field, you look through the eyes of every poor person. what you dreamt it is my promise to fulfil," Hemant Soren wrote on X.
The chief minister asserted that he will "not let Guruji's name be erased or his struggle remain incomplete".
"Baba, now you take rest. You have done your duty. Now we have to follow in your footsteps. Jharkhand will remain indebted to you. I, your son, will keep your promise. Long live the brave Shibu - Long live, Long live Dishom Guru!," the CM concluded.
In another post, the CM mentioned that Shibu Soren has embarked on an infinite journey.
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HC questions Delhi govt over failure to regulate sale of old vehicles, refers to Red Fort blast
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court questioned the city government on Wednesday over its failure to regulate the sale and transfer of used vehicles, while pointing out that in a recent bomb blast near the Red Fort, a second-hand car was used, making the issue more significant.
A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked the Delhi government to file a detailed response on the issue of regulating authorised dealers of registered vehicles.
"A car changes four hands but the original owner has not changed. Therefore, what happens? That man (the original owner) goes to the slaughterhouse? What is this? How are you permitting this? You will take a call when two-three more bomb blasts take place?" the bench asked the Delhi government's counsel.
The bomb blast near the iconic Mughal-era monument was carried out using a second-hand car, making the issue even more significant, it said.
The court listed the matter for further hearing in January 2026.
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The court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) plea filed by an organisation, Towards Happy Earth Foundation, highlighting the challenges in the implementation of rules 55A to 55H of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, introduced in December 2022 to regulate authorised dealers of registered vehicles.
While the rules were intended to bring accountability to the second-hand vehicle market, the petitioner's counsel argued that they have failed in practice due to regulatory gaps and procedural hurdles.
The plea said there is a major gap in the amended framework, that is, the absence of any statutory mechanism for reporting dealer-to-dealer transfers.
"In reality, most used vehicles pass through multiple dealers before reaching the final buyer, but the rules recognise only the first transfer to the initial authorised dealer.
"As a result, the chain of custody breaks after the first step, defeating the very purpose of accountability," the petition said.
It added that because of these gaps, only a very small percentage of dealers across India have been able to obtain authorised dealer registration and in Delhi, not a single dealer has got it.
Consequently, lakhs of vehicles continue to circulate without any record of who is actually in possession of those, it said.
The plea said only a small fraction of India's estimated 30,000 to 40,000 used-vehicle dealers are registered under the authorised-dealer framework.
The petition also pointed out that the 11-year-old vehicle used in the November 10 bomb blast near the Red Fort was sold several times but was still registered in its original owner's name.
The blast near the Red Fort had claimed 15 lives.
