Ex-J’khand CM Champai Soren joins BJP

Ranchi: After ending his political journey of four and a half decades with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), former chief minister Champai Soren formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday.

In a big public meeting organised at Shaheed Maidan in Ranchi’s Dhurwa, Union Agriculture Minister and Jharkhand BJP election in-charge Shivraj Singh Chauhan, election co-in-charge and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and Jharkhand BJP President Babulal Marandi welcomed him into the party.

Champai Soren said that he has joined the BJP with the resolve to rebuild Jharkhand. Along with Champai Soren, many others including his son Babulal Soren and Seraikela-Kharsawan Zila Parishad chairman and party’s senior leader Sona Ram Bodra joined the BJP.

Addressing the public meeting, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said that Champai Soren was among those leaders whose struggles led to the creation of a separate Jharkhand.