Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday slammed his Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren, following JMM seeking the President's intervention after Soren's chopper takeoff delay in light of PM Modi's security.
Jharkhand BJP chief Babulal Marandi on Tuesday responded sharply after JMM sought President Murmu's intervation following Chief Minister Hemant Soren's helicopter was not allowed to take off for over 90 minutes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was visiting the state.
Days ahead of the assembly polls in the state, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren exuded confidence in the win of the INDIA alliance and said that they will again form the government with the blessings of people who benefitted from his government policies.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jharkhand election co-in-charge Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said National Register of Citizens (NRC) needs to be done to identify "infiltrators" in Jharkhand and further claimed that if it was not done then whole of the state will be occupied by the infiltrator
Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked Jharkhand Mukti Morcha for insulting former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren and said that JMM left no stone unturned in insulting a tribal son.
On Sunday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the BJP's Sankalp Patra (Manifesto) and announced the party will implement Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Jharkhand and will also "drive out infiltrators" coming from Bangladesh.
A day after Mandal Murmu joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's (JMM) candidate from Ranchi, Mahua Maji said that the BJP is after the party because of all the good work which is being done in the past few years.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Manoj Pandey said on Monday that there was a "conspiracy" to cancel the nomination of Chief Minister Hemant Soren by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as Mandal Murmu joined the party yesterday.
Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said that the persistent problems of corruption and stalled development in Jharkhand forced Hemant Soren's proposer Mandal Murmu of joining the BJP just ahead of the Assembly elections in the state.