Hemant Soren comes out of jail swinging, alleges bid to prepone state elections

Speaking in Sahibganj district’s Bhognadih — to commemorate the anniversary of an 1855 tribal rebellion, or hul, against the British — Soren declared that INDIA bloc leaders will launch a ‘hul’ of their own to uproot the BJP from Jharkhand and the country.

“After getting bail, this is my first day outside my home and that too on Hul Diwas. For me, and for adivasis and moolvasis of the state, this day is an inspiration. Due to the situation in the country today, the INDIA bloc has decided to launch a revolution. We have vowed to uproot these feudal people (BJP) from the state and the country,” Soren said.

The JMM leader said the time for another test has come. “I have got to know that the state elections will be held earlier. I say, why just bring it back. Conduct the elections tomorrow. I promise you that people have understood their (BJP’s) ploy… There is complete chaos (in the opposition BJP’s camp) and conspiracies are being hatched to jail me again. But I am not scared,” he said.

The assembly elections in Jharkhand will likely be held between November and December.

Soren said that the BJP had spared no Opposition leader — be it Arvind Kejriwal or himself. “But these people don’t know that Jharkhand has been anointed with the blood of revolutionaries, from Sido Kanhu [one of the key figures in the 1855 Hul] to Birsa Munda… They cannot scare me.”