'Not JMM but 'Jurm, Murder, Mafia' government run by Hemant Soren': Shivraj Chouhan

EAST SINGHBHUM: Union minister and Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) election in-charge Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday criticised the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government, calling it a "Jurm, Murder and Mafia" government rather than the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
Addressing a public rally in Baharagora today, Shivraj Chouhan said, "Just as clouds have come as a crisis, Hemant Soren government is a bigger crisis than these clouds...This is not JMM but 'Jurm, Murder and Mafia' government run by Hemant Soren."
Chouhan also expressed confidence that the darkness prevailing in Jharkhand will soon fade away and change will come.
"The clouds are raining, lightning is flashing, and it is raining heavily, but still you are determined to bring about a change... Seeing this, today I can say that the darkness will fade away, the sun will rise, the lotus will bloom and change will come," he added.
Later, while speaking to the media, Chouhan said that the women of Jharkhand are asking for help to protect their land, daughters and jobs; the BJP promises to ensure their safety and create jobs while stopping infiltration.
"The mothers, sisters and daughters of Jharkhand are appealing that the land, 'roti' and daughters of Jharkhand are in danger. Land means foreign intruders are coming, daughters means our daughters are not safe and 'roti' means there are no jobs. That is why they are appealing to save the land, bread and daughters. On behalf of the BJP, I want to tell my sisters that we will protect the land, bread and daughters... The BJP is committed to providing jobs and preventing infiltration," he said.
Earlier today, a delegation of the Election Commission of India led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar arrived in Ranchi to review poll preparedness for assembly elections in Jharkhand expected to be held later this year.
The state is likely to witness elections to the 81-member Jharkhand legislative assembly on or before December 2024, as the tenure of the current government is set to end in January 2025. However, the Election Commission is yet to announce the election schedule.
In the 2020 Assembly election, JMM won 30 seats, BJP won 25 seats and Congress won 16.