Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday slammed the BJP, accusing it of “poaching” MLAs and MPs of other parties.
Soren also asserted that the BJP would be “driven out” from the state “forever” after the assembly elections this year.
“Even if the people reject them, they poach MLAs, MPs and use agencies like the ED and CBI against opposition leaders or put them behind bars to form government,” he alleged.
The CM was speaking at ‘Aapki Yojana, Apki Sarkar Apke Dwar’ (Your Scheme, Your Government at your doorstep) programme here, where he inaugurated and laid the foundation of 347 projects worth over Rs 1,000 crore for Gumla and Lohardaga districts.
“As fish cannot survive without water, our opposition (BJP) feels the same without power… They have been after me and our MLAs for the past two years. But, we are neither saleable nor are we scared,” Soren said.
He also alleged that when BJP’s “local leaders failed” in Jharkhand, it is now “importing” leaders from Chhattisgarh, Assam, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.