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  • ‘Galat niyat se kiya jaa raha hai…,’ Jan Suraj chief Prashant Kishore on On One Nation One Election

    Gaya (Bihar): Jan Suraj chief Prashant Kishore spoke on ‘On One Nation One Election’ and said it’s good but it’s being implemented with wrong intentions. He said, “We have said earlier that if One Nation One Election is done with the right intention, then there is no mistake in it. After independence, the One Nation One Election was in place till 1965, but if it is being done with the intention that when the situation is in our favor then quickly conduct all the elections together…On one hand, you are talking of One Nation One Election and on the other hand, you are dividing a small state Jharkhand into 4 parts and conducting elections so that there is time for campaigning. These two things cannot go together.”

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  • Amit Shah flags off BJP Parivartan Yatra in Jharkhand

    New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday flagged off BJP’s Parivartan Yatra in Jharkhand ahead of the assembly elections. The party will launch six yatras from six regions of the state which will culminate on October 2 in Ranchi, when the party will organize a rally. These yatras will cover all the 81 assembly segments in 24 districts. Several national and state level leaders will participate in the different phases of the yatra.

    Speaking at a public meeting in Sahibganj, Shah attacked the Hemant Soren government over corruption and appealed to the people of Jharkhand to vote for the BJP. “The change is not just about bringing the BJP government in place of JMM and Congress. The change is to remove this corrupt government and bring a government that will stop corruption.”

    Shah emphasized that the state needs a BJP government which can work for the welfare of farmers and generate employment in the state so that tribal people are not forced to go outside to get a job.Shah raised the issue of infiltration from Bangladesh and said that it is destroying the demography of the state. Shah alleged that the JMM government is silent on infiltrators as they are their vote bank.

  • JMMCongress front takes guard amid ChampaiBJP bonding

    As former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren, the veteran JMM leader who quit the party, is set to join the BJP on Friday, the JMMCongressRJDCPI(ML) ruling coalition in the state is adopting a cautious approach to deal with the potential fallout of the influential tribal leader’s angry exit.

    A section of the coalition said the immediate task is to ensure that Soren’s exit does not destabilize the JMMled government of CM Hemant Soren ahead of the assembly election in the state, expected by OctoberNovember.

    The JMM and Congress camps exuded confidence, claiming Champai Soren would not be able to trigger a largescale exodus of JMM MLAs before the polls and that the ruling coalition has sufficient numbers to be comfortably placed in the assembly.Still, they expect some disgruntled and suspended JMM functionaries, including a suspended MLA, to make use of the new opportunities. The Congress leadership is also keeping a close eye on some restive elements, including a few party MLAs.

    However, many leaders in the ruling coalition consider the longterm task of the JMM guarding against the electoral impact of Champai Soren in crucial areas, especially his stronghold of Kolhan and across the Santhal Pargana belt, as a far more delicate task.

    “The JMMCongressRJDCPI (ML) alliance is united and we will fight the elections together,” said a senior leader of the coalition, who did not wish to be identified. “While we stood by Hemant Soren ji when he was in Jail, and backed his decision to return as CM (by replacing Champai), now it will be up to Hemant ji to guard his party base from the Champai SorenBJP moves.” Some said that when Hemant Sorenled JMM managed to withstand a rift within the family when Shibu Soren’s daughterinlaw Sita Soren quit the party and joined the BJP (she lost the Lok Sabha election) the party would similarly fight back. after Champai Soren’s rebellion as well. Others, however, pointed out that, unlike Sita, Champai is an entrenched politician. While the JMMled government is banking on Hemant Soren triggering a sympathy wave among tribals over his recent arrest and jailing, some are cautious given how another jailed INDIA bloc CM, Arvind Kejriwal of AAP, failed to stir up any sympathy in Delhi during the general election.