After ignoring the seventh summon by ED in the land scam case, JMM’s chief and Jharkhand’s chief minister Hemant Soren has called a legislative meeting on January 3 at 04:30 pm at CM’s residence.
Kalpana Soren in the house?
Speculations are doing rounds that post this meeting, the coalition government of JMM, Congress, and RJD, led by Hemant Soren may announce its new chief minister and it would be none other than Kalpana Soren, the wife of the current chief minister.
No relief for Hemant
Hemant Soren sees no relief coming his way after being named in the land scam case. Since the first summon that led to the arrest of the former district collector in August 2023, he has ignored all seven summons but now has no escape from it.
झारखंड में भी बिहार के जंगल राज के ज़माने का इतिहास दुहराने का प्रयास हो रहा है।
चारा घोटालेबाज़ लालू प्रसाद जी के सारे पैंतरे फेल हो गये तो राबड़ी देवी को “खराऊ मुख्यमंत्री” बनाकर लालू जी जेल चले गये। एक के बाद एक सजा हुई। जेल जाते-आते उनकी पूरी उम्र निकल गयी।
घपले-घोटाले एवं…
— Babulal Marandi (@yourBabulal) January 2, 2024
Big changes in politics
On December 31, Sarfaraz Ahmed, an MLA from Gandey submitted his resignation which added to the speculations. Why did the senior leader resign when all was well between him and Soren?
This hints that Soren is going to follow the Lalu way. Is Jharkhand and Bihar division by geography going to see a unification by politics? Maybe yes! The former CM of Jharkhand, Babulal Marandi said quite the same in his tweet on January 2.
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Kalpana Soren originally hails from Odisha and hence cannot contest on any reserved seat in Jharkhand and this is why Sarfaraz chose to ‘sacrifice’ his seat from Gandey. This was an unreserved seat and is not vacant. If this is what cooking in the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, the BJP sitting in the opposition has already cracked it.
झारखंड के गांडेय विधायक सरफराज अहमद ने विधानसभा से इस्तीफ़ा दिया,इस्तीफ़ा स्वीकार हुआ । हेमंत सोरेन जी मुख्यमंत्री पद से इस्तीफ़ा देंगे,झारखंड की अगली मुख्यमंत्री उनकी पत्नी कल्पना सोरेन जी होंगी । नया साल सोरेन परिवार के लिए कष्टदायक @itssuniltiwari pic.twitter.com/jl06AtXurh
— Dr Nishikant Dubey (@nishikant_dubey) January 1, 2024
The land scam case has made it tough for Hemant Soren who now has no choice but to report to the ED on its summons. If the speculations come to be true, the tribal state for the first time will have a female chief minister.
Repeating the Lalu pattern?
The whole scene seems to be crafted in a repeating pattern, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav too handed over the Bihar government to his wife Rabri Devi before being imprisoned, the latter served as the chief minister for three terms. She was known as a ‘dummy’ chief minister for being in the chair in spite of being uneducated. The same noun is being used for Kalpana Soren by the BJP leaders, but education stands tall as the difference. The lady from Mayurbhanj, Odisha has pursued her bachelor’s from Ranchi University.