The Jharkhand Assembly elections will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20, with vote counting scheduled for November 23
Defense minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday hit out at Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led ruling alliance in assembly poll-bound Jharkhand, calling them “fused crackers.” He termed the Bharatiya Janata Party as a “mighty rocket” that would take the state to newer heights.
He said, while addressing an election rally in the state capital, Ranchi’s Hatia, that it is amply clear in which alliance the government would be formed in the state.
Singh referred to Mandal Murmu, who joined the BJP and was one of the proposers of Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s nomination from the Barhait assembly seat.
Diwali has just ended, and JMM, Congress, and RJD are fused Diwali crackers now. BJP is a mighty rocket that alone will take Jharkhand to newer heights,” PTI quoted the minister as saying.
Singh said JMM meant ‘Jamkar Malai Maro’, which roughly translates to skim the cream. He alleged that the JMM “sucks blood of tribals” and works against their interest.
“I asked Hemant Soren why infiltrators were coming to Jharkhand. Why had the tribal population of the state shrunk to 28 percent?” he asked the JMM working president.
“Give BJP two terms, Jharkhand will be in the row of developed states. We will not only change the government in Jharkhand but also change the system,” he added.
