"We can never forget contributions of Shibu Soren": Tejashwi Yadav remembers former Jharkhand CM

Patna (Bihar) [India], August 5 (ANI): RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday remembered former Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) co-founder Shibu Soren as a leader who fought for the tribal community and the poor.
Shibu Soren passed away in Delhi on Monday. He was 8.
"We received this sad news yesterday. I am leaving for Ranchi now. We can never forget the contributions of Shibu Soren, especially for the poor, the deprived and his fight for the tribal community," Yadav told reporters in Patna.
"He was a colleague of my father. We had an alliance in Jharkhand too. I think Shibu Soren's demise will cause a great loss to the country. Our condolences to his family. His last rites are being done. It will be held in Ramgarh district. So, we are leaving for there," he said.
Meanwhile, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday penned an emotional note for his father.
In a post on X, Hemant Soren asserted that he has not only lost his father but a pillar of Jharkhand's soul has departed.
"I am going through the toughest days of my life. Not only has the shadow of a father been taken from me, but a pillar of Jharkhand's soul has departed. I didn't just call him 'Baba,' He was my guide, the root of my thoughts, and that forest-like shade that protected thousands and lakhs of Jharkhandis from the scorching sun and injustice," he said.
He recalled Shibu Soren's struggle from being born in a poor family to rising to become one of the most influential voices for the tribals.
"My Baba's beginnings were very humble. Born in that small house in Nemra village, where there was poverty, there was hunger, but there was courage. In his childhood, he lost his father. The exploitation of the landlords gave him a fire that made him a fighter for his entire life," the Jharkhand CM said.
"I have seen him tilling the fields, sitting among the people, not just giving speeches, but living the sorrows of the people. In my childhood, when I asked him, 'Baba, why do people call you Dishom Guru?" He would smile and say: "Because, son, I only understood their pain and made their fight my own.' That title was not written in any book, nor was it given by Parliament. It came from the hearts of Jharkhand's people," Hemant Soren said. (ANI)