Ranchi | Updated: November 10, 2024 22:27 IST 3 min read Delhi Confidential: Seed of distrust Voter list revision: Bandh Opp bid to put pressure on judiciary, says BJP Soren spoke of the ‘excesses’ of central agencies. (Facebook photo) At a press conference on Saturday, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren lashed out at the BJP’s “infiltration” narrative and said the party would be “beaten in the Soren hit out at Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav’s recent statement at a rally in Ranchi that Soren’s JMM government has turned Ranchi into “Pakistan’s Karachi”.
He also made an apparent reference to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Mahua Moitra hits out after Pahalgam attack, questions Modi’s globe-trotting Town Hall renaming bid sparks controversy; ally Tipra Motha MLA, CPI(M), Cong oppose move, Tripura govt defends decision Rahul Gandhi, Bihar Bandh and electoral roll revision: What is shaping Bihar politics BJP eyes fourth term, Congress no longer a challenge in Haryana’ accident: Kalyan RTO to bar vehicles failing to meet safety norms from ferrying school Minister Ashish Shelar slams BJP MP over remarks against Marathi people Asked about its ally Congress’s campaign for the Jharkhand polls, Soren said: “Not all fingers of the hand are the same”.
He added that their coalition partner was doing things as “per their own capability”. Soren also spoke of the Election Commission of India (ECI), accusing it of being “biased” especially in the episode involving his proposer Mandal Murmu who joined the BJP. On October 27, Mandal Murmu’s vehicle was chased and stopped by the Giridih police. It was followed by his brief detention.
He was reportedly accompanied by a few leaders of the BJYM, the BJP’s youth wing. They were soon allowed to leave. The JMM then alleged that it was a case of Murmu’s “abduction”. Murmu went on to join the BJP days later. “People view things according to their own inclination. I think this (BJP trying to induct Mandal Murmu) was wrong. There is a justice system … People can go there to seek justice,” said the CM. ‘Financial zombie’: Vedanta Vedanta Ltd and Hindustan Zinc's On the recent IT raids at the premises of his Personal Secretary Sunil Shrivastav, the CM said the Centre was committing “excesses”.
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