Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's election proposer Mandal Murmu joins BJP

Ranchi: Mandal Murmu, one of the proposers of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s nomination from Barhait assembly constituency, joined the BJP, party leaders said on Monday.

Murmu, a descendant of Sido-Kanu, who led the Santhal revolt in 1855, joined the party in Deoghar on Sunday in the presence of Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

"Mandal Murmu ji, descendant of Sidhu-Kanhu and proposer of Hemant Soren, became a member of the BJP family," Sarma posted on X.

आज सिद्धो-कान्हू के वंशज और श्री हेमंत सोरेन के प्रस्तावक श्री मंडल मुर्मू जी भाजपा परिवार के सदस्य बन गए।

झारखण्ड की वर्तमान सरकार की कुनीतियों के कारण आदिवासी समाज की संस्कृति संकट में है, इसलिए समाज का हर वर्ग आज भाजपा से जुड़ रहा है।

हम एक रहेंगे, तो सुरक्षित रहेंगे। pic.twitter.com/rlN8EpJTcv

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) November 3, 2024

He added, "Due to the wrong policies of the present Jharkhand government, the culture of the tribal society is in danger, hence every section of society is joining the BJP today."

The saffron party has fielded Gamliyel Hembrom against Soren in Barhait.

Soren, the sitting MLA of Barhait (ST) constituency in Sahibganj district, won the seat in the 2019 assembly elections by a margin of 25,740 votes over his nearest rival, Simon Malto of the BJP.

The assembly polls will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20, with counting taking place on November 23.