How ex-CM Champai Soren’s induction into BJP affects JMM in Jharkhand polls

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Ranchi: As veteran leader and former chief minister Champai Soren joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday, the political circles in Jharkhand are abuzz with the talks of the extent of damage that the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) will face in the upcoming polls...

Champai, along with a large number of his supporters, joined the BJP in the presence of Union minister and BJPs election in charge for the Jharkhand polls Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Assam Chief Minister and state co-in charge Himanta Biswa Sarma in Ranchi on 30 August...

Almost all the BJP leaders, in their speeches, targeted the ruling JMM and said that this time, the BJP would form a government in Jharkhand..

By giving cabinet minister status to Ramdas Soren, who is known as a stronghold Santhal tribal leader and a statehood movement fighter, Chief Minister Hemant Soren has tried to play a smart strategy, a JMM functionary told ThePrint...

If the BJP wins some seats in Kolhan this time by playing the Champai card, it will surely benefit, National Election Watchs Jharkhand coordinator and analyst Sudhir Pal told ThePrint..

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