RANCHI/DUMKA: Exit of veteran BJP neta from Santhal Parganas, Lois Marandi, from the party and her aligning with governing JMM Monday has put the saffron camp in a tight spot in Jharkhand ahead of the assembly polls. BJP is seemingly struggling to spot a credible face to field in Barhait, to take on incumbent MLA…
Champai Soren (L) and his son Babulal get BJP tickets for assembly elections after quitting JMM. NEW DELHI: The BJP, which uses dynasty politics as a weapon to attack its political opponents, is facing charges of nepotism in ticket distribution in Jharkhand from its own leaders and workers. Kin of several prominent leaders, including three…
Hemant Soren (left), and Tejashwi Yadav. (PTI) RANCHI: While the NDA camp has avoided a major inter-party bickering over its seat-sharing formula for the Jharkhand assembly polls, infighting in the INDIA bloc seems to be out in the open. RJD, a junior constituent of the bloc, threatened to go solo but stopped short of breaking…
Manoj Kumar Jha (File photo) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Kumar Jha on Sunday hinted that his party, which has a dominant presence in Bihar, might go solo in neighbouring Jharkhand in the upcoming assembly polls.Jha’s insinuation follows an apparent disappointment over not getting the desired number of seats under the INDIA bloc coalition,…
RANCHI: INDIA bloc’s election campaign in Jharkhand hit choppy waters on Saturday after an alleged unilateral seat-sharing arrangement between JMM and Congress left RJD fuming.Trouble began in the afternoon after CM and JMM executive president Hemant Soren, accompanied by netas of Congress, announced that JMM and the grand old party would field candidates in 70…
RANCHI: Enforcement Directorate on Monday carried out raids at 23 locations across Ranchi and Chaibasa districts of poll-bound Jharkhand, targeting the relatives of a minister in the Hemant Soren cabinet and an IAS officer, among several others.ED did not issue any official statement on the raids, but sources in the agency said the searches were…
Hemant Soren (File photo) RANCHI: Jharkhand government raised the farm loan waiver from Rs 50,000 to Rs 2 lakh a farmer on Thursday and benefitted around 1.77 lakh farmers the same day.“Farmers are the backbone of the country. They battle financial constraints and weather vagaries to produce food. We have been working to help ‘annadatas’,”…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday lashed out at Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren for comparing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to “rats,” asserting that the organization consists of “Hindu lions” working to restore the glory of Sanatan dharma. The BJP accused Soren of following the pattern of George Soros and patronizing…
NEW DELHI: Former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren on Wednesday upped his ante against Hemant Soren-led government and accused it of withdrawing his security and putting his life at risk.Taking to the news agency PTI, Soren said alleged that withdrawing his security vehicles was a political conspiracy.“The Jharkhand government withdrew all security vehicles assigned to…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan‘s car got stuck in a muddy pothole on Monday due to heavy rains in Baharagora in Jharkhand. He was en route to a public rally ahead of the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections.Chouhan had to abandon the vehicle after it became immobilised, and was quickly escorted by his security…
