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Ranchi: Aday after her sister-in-law Sita Soren joined the BJP, Kalpana Soren, wife of former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, took to social media to express her displeasure...
Jharkhandike DNA me nahi hai jhuk jana (Bowing down is not in the DNA of anyone who is from Jharkhand), she wrote on X on 20 March, also invoking the late Durga Soren, her brother-in-law and Sitas late husband who died in 2009...
Sita, an MLA from Jharkhands tribal Jama seat, was not amused..
Meanwhile, Sita, who faces the likelihood of a trial in a cash-for-vote scam case, will contest the Lok Sabha election from Dumka a seat that, until 2019, was considered the bastion of former Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren, referred to in the state as Guruji...
Just because Shibu Soren lost the seat (Dumka to BJPs Sunil Soren) in 2019, it does not mean that JMMs influence is over, senior JMM leader and seven-time Sikaripara MLA Nalin Soren told ThePrint...
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