Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India]: Assam Chief Minister and BJP co-in-charge for the Jharkhand Assembly elections, Himanta Biswa Sarma, has slammed Chief Minister Hemant Soren for his government’s policies toward farmers.
Sarma has alleged that there is no proper paddy procurement taking place in Jharkhand and farmers in the state don’t get the Minimum Support Price on time.
“Hemant Soren should understand that in Jharkhand, the state government doesn’t procure paddy, doesn’t give MSP to the farmers on time and the maximum amount of paddy is brought by middleman. He should apologise to the farmers for the crimes he has made and not transfer this failure to the central government,” Sarma told.
He also asked Hemant Soren to declare that he does not want infiltrators in Jharkhand and that he wants the National Register of Citizens implemented in the state.
Sarma also announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address two public rallies in Jharkhand on November 4.
“PM Modi will address two public rallies in Jharkhand on November 4. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in Jharkhand on November 3 and will address 3 public rallies. People will bless us this time and NDA-BJP will form the government this time in the state,” he said.
Meanwhile, BJP Jharkhand chief Babu Lal Marandi took a dig at the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) government and said that the people of the state are “tired” of Hemant Soren’s administration and want to bring BJP to power in the upcoming assembly elections.
He alleged that the power has remained in the hands of ” brokers, middlemen, and corrupt officials” for the last 5 years.
Speaking to ANI, Marandi said, “The people of Jharkhand are fed up of seeing the Hemant Soren government for 5 years. For 5 years, the power of Jharkhand has been in the hands of brokers, middlemen, and corrupt officials. Now the people want to get free from that and want to hand over the power to the BJP.”
Elections are being held for 81 seats in the Jharkhand Assembly in two phases on November 13 and November 20, with the counting of votes scheduled for November 23.
A total of 2.60 crore voters are eligible to cast their votes in Jharkhand, including 1.31 crore male voters and 1.29 crore female voters. The state has 11.84 lakh first-time voters and 66.84 lakh young voters.