NEW DELHI : Amid speculation that JMM leader Champai Soren could join the BJP, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday accused the saffron camp of “poaching” MLAs and “dividing society”. Soren’s statement came hours after JMM legislator and former chief minister Champai Soren reached Delhi.
Soon after landing in Delhi, the JMM leader told reporters that he hadn’t met any BJP leader and was in the national capital on a “personal” visit. ‘I am where I am,’ Ex-Jharkhand CM Champai Soren responds to rumours of joining BJP. When asked by reporters about a potential switch to the BJP, he said, “Hum jahan par hain, wahan hi hain” (I am where I am) and clarified that he is in the capital for personal reasons, including visiting his daughter. However, hours later, Soren updated his profile on ‘X’ to distance himself from the JMM, listing himself only as former chief minister.
Champai Soren said on Sunday that he experienced “bitter humiliation” as Chief Minister and felt he had no role within the party. He claimed all his government programmes were cancelled on July 3 by the party leadership without his knowledge.
“One of these was a public program in Dumka, while the other was to distribute appointment letters to PGT teachers. On asking, I came to know that a meeting of the legislative party has been called by the coalition on July 3, till then you cannot attend any program as CM,” the veteran leader added.
“When I asked about the reasons for cancellation, I was told that there is a meeting of party legislators on July 3 and I cannot attend any government programmes till then,” he posted on social media.
Meanwhile, addressing a government function in Jharkhand’s Godda district, Hemant Soren alleged that the BJP brought people from Gujarat, Assam and Maharashtra to “spread poison among the tribals, Dalits, backward classes and minorities and make them fight with each other”.
“Forget about society, these people work to break families and parties. They poach MLAs. Money is such a thing that it doesn’t take long for politicians to move here and there,” he said. Hemant Soren also said that the assembly elections in Jharkhand are due this year but the poll schedule would be “decided by the opposition party in the state, not by the Election Commission”.
“It seems the Election Commission is no longer a constitutional institution, as it has been occupied by BJP people,” he alleged. “I challenge them (BJP) that if the assembly elections are held today, they will be wiped out from Jharkhand tomorrow,” the chief minister said.
(Bureau Report with Inputs from Ranchi).

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