"Big jolt for JMM...": Jharkhand BJP spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo on resignation of Champai Soren

On Wednesday, Champai Soren resigned from all posts and primary membership of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).

"This was going to happen... Champai Soren was insulted even when he was the chief minister of the state, he was stopped from attending the official functions in the last days of his term by Hemant Soren and he was forced to resign and the meeting of the MLAs was called without his consent. How much humiliation can a tribal leader take? So this is the history of the Soren dynasty. Any tribal leader outside the dynasty has no place in the party and Champai Soren was Chief Minister for five months but he was humiliated and he was forced to quit today," Deo told ANI.

"I think this is a big jolt for the Jharkhand Mukti Mocha because he was the tallest leader in the Kolhan region accounting for 14 assembly seats. He was known as Kolhan Tiger. JMM will be wiped out in the Kolhan region and it's a lesson for all the tribal leaders in JMM too that anyone outside the party doesn't have any say, anyone outside the dynasty doesn't have any say in the party," he added.

In a post on X, Soren confirmed his resignation from the party as he pledged his commitment to continue the struggle on various issues.

"Today I resigned from the primary membership and all posts of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. Our struggle will continue on the issues of tribals, natives, Dalits, backward people and common people of Jharkhand," Soren said as he shared his resignation letter.

Earlier on Tuesday, announcing his decision to join the BJP, Soren expressed his faith in expressing his faith in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

"Your cooperation is expected in this new chapter of the struggle for the issues and rights of the tribals, natives, Dalits, backward classes, poor, labourers, farmers, women, youth and common people of Jharkhand," he said.

Soren further said that the people of the Kolhan region had stood with him at every step, and rejected his option of taking "sanyaas" from politics. He also stated that "only BJP seems serious on this issue and other parties are ignoring it for the sake of votes."

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday revealed Soren's decision to join the BJP.

"Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand and a distinguished Adivasi leader of our country, Champai Soren, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah a short while ago. He will officially join the BJP on August 30 in Ranchi," the Assam CM said in a post on X. (ANI)