Hours after JMM MLA and former chief minister Champai Soren announced in New Delhi that he would officially join the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren hit out at the party, alleging that it was once again resorting to the ‘old tactic’ of poaching legislators from ruling parties.
“The opposition has again started its ‘sarkar todo abhiyan’ and ‘vidhayak todo abhiyan’ (break the government and poach the MLAs campaign) as it did during the Lok Sabha elections.
“They (BJP) are bound to get a befitting reply from people in the upcoming assembly polls in Jharkhand as the party did in the Lok Sabha elections,” Soren said while addressing a government function in Dumka district, PTI reported.
Earlier in the day, Champai Soren informed reporters in the national capital that he, along with his son, would officially join the BJP on August 30.
The chief minister accused the BJP and its leaders of engaging in “divisive politics” based on religion and communities. Criticizing the BJP’s ‘Mila Kya’ (Did You Get?) campaign, Hemant Soren claimed that the saffron party “couldn’t stomach” the numerous welfare schemes his government has introduced for the poor and marginalised.
On Sunday, the Jharkhand BJP had launched the campaign to “expose” the government’s “unfulfilled” promises.
“The opposition questions us about jobs. We have provided over 30,000 appointments, while recruitments on 35,000-40,000 posts are under process. But, they (BJP) did not give any job in the past 20 years,” the CM alleged.
“Recruitments have been discontinued in sectors like defence, railways and banking,” he claimed.