In Santhal Pargana’s Jamtara Assembly constituency, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s centrepiece of “Bangladeshi infiltration” threatening every aspect of tribal life — Roti, Beti, Mati — is coming to life in the way it is framing the battle between former Jharkhand Mukti Morcha legislator and JMM founder Shibu Soren’s daughter-in-law Sita Murmu Soren, who has been pitted by the party against …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the JMM-Congress-RJD government in poll-bound Jharkhand of harbouring Bangladeshi infiltrators and said that a conspiracy was being hatched to change the identity of Jharkhandi with reduction in tribal population, especially in Santhal Parganas region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting ahead of the second phase of Jharkhand Assembly polls in Sarath …
The ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha on July 29 protested outside the Assembly in Ranchi against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's statement in Lok Sabha, demanding parts of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bihar be declared a Union Territory to check infiltration from Bangladesh. Speaking in the Lok Sabha on July 25, Mr. Dubey demanded that a Union Territory be formed with Malda …
As someone who has grown up in Jharkhand, I have seen Jharkhand’s diverse cultural ethos as the state’s greatest strength as well as its distinctive identity. All top BJP leaders in Jharkhand, including state president Deepak Prakash, have repeatedly raised the issue of illegal Bangladeshis in Santhal Parganas and their modus operandi. The big question here is: Is CM Hemant …
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