Jharkhand: Former CM Champai Soren resigns from JMM, set to join BJP before crucial state assembly polls

In a significant development former Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Champai Soren has tendered his resignation from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Wednesday evening, August 28.

Soren resignation has come on expected lines as the former heavy weight of JMM is all set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on August 30, boosting the latter chances to perform well in the tribal dominated Kolhan region in the upcoming state assembly elections.

In a letter to the JMM president, Soren has expressed his disappointment over recent developments in the party terming it the prime reason behind his decision to part ways with the party.

He further has cited that there is no appropriate forum in the party to express his grief hence he is tendering his resignation from prime membership and other positions.

आज झारखंड मुक्ति मोर्चा की प्राथमिक सदस्यता एवं सभी पदों से त्याग-पत्र दिया।

झारखंड के आदिवासियों, मूलवासियों, दलितों, पिछड़ों एवं आम लोगों के मुद्दों को लेकर हमारा संघर्ष जारी रहेगा। pic.twitter.com/ZpAmm2dopr

— Champai Soren (@ChampaiSoren) August 28, 2024

Soren in the letter further has underscored that JMM has deviated from its path and the current working style and policies of the party has forced him to bid a goodbye.

The former Chief Minister however asserted that he will continue his struggle on the issues of tribals, natives, Dalits, backward people and common masses.

Soren resignation has arrived hours after the Chief Minister of Assam, Himata Biswa Sharma made startling claims that the former Chief Minister was being observed by the officials of the special branch of Jharkhand police.

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The development attracted sharp reactions from another senior leader of the BJP, Babu Lal Marandi who claimed that there is information of state government misusing the police machinery to spy not only on opposition leaders and cabinet ministers but judges also. Marandi further demanded that the matter should be investigated by a committee headed by a sitting judge of High Court.

हेमंत सोरेन, औरंगजेब के नक्शेकदम पर चलते हुए सत्ता के लिए नीचता की सारी पराकाष्ठा पार कर चुके हैं।

औरंगजेब ने सत्ता के लिए अपने पिता शाहजहां को कैद में रखा था। ठीक उसी प्रकार हेमंत सोरेन भी अपने पितातुल्य चंपई सोरेन जी की जासूसी करा के अपनी सत्ता बचाए रखना चाहते हैं।

जानकारी तो… pic.twitter.com/HpXedNXrVt

— Office of Babulal Marandi (@babulalmarandi) August 28, 2024

 

Notably, Himanta Biswa Sarma in a social media post on Monday announced Soren’s decision to join the BJP. “Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand and a distinguished Adivasi (Janjati) leader of our country, Champai Soren, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah a short while ago, He will officially join the BJP on August 30 in Ranchi, said the Assam CM on X.

It must be noted that the tribal dominated state of Jharkhand is all set to go for assembly polls in a few months’ time where a tough contest is expected between the ruling alliance led by JMM and the prime opposition BJP.