Friction in Jharkhand BJP ahead of state polls as Sita Soren blames party leaders for Lok Sabha loss

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Ranchi: Discord has erupted in the Jharkhand unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after it lost all five seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the Lok Sabha elections..

Sita Soren, who lost the election from Dumka, has targeted the state leadership and several individual leaders with serious allegations...

She alleged on 16 June that although the ground-level cadre supported her, several more senior leaders betrayed her and worked to ensure victory for the opposition candidates...

Sorens accusations arent the only instance of BJP infighting in the wake of the general elections there was a commotion at a review meeting held by the state unit to discuss her defeat, with workers accusing several leaders of neglecting their duties..

Speaking to ThePrint, Soren alleged that former state minister Lois Marandi, the BJPs Dumka Lok Sabha convener and Sarath MLA Randhir Singh, former MP Sunil Soren and the district presidents of Dumka and Jamtara had betrayed her...

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