NEW DELHI: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Sunday took a sharp jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party after it accused the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha of patronising infiltrators in the state. Soren questioned the central government's decision to provide ...

"Mandal Murmu ji, descendant of Sidhu-Kanhu and proposer of Hemant Soren, became a member of the BJP family," Mr. Sarma posted on X. He added, "Due to the wrong policies of the present Jharkhand government,

Mandal Murmu, a direct descendant of tribal icons Sidho and Kanhu, joined the BJP on Sunday night at Lok Sabha member Nishhikant Dubey’s residence

Mandal Murmu, who endorsed Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's nomination, joined the BJP. He expressed concerns about demographic changes in Santhal Pargana and criticized the current government's policies impacting tribal culture.