Differences within the ruling UPA in Jharkhand came to the fore on Saturday when its partners JMM and Congress took to the streets here against the ED\u2019s summons to Chief Minister Hemant Soren but RJD stayed away.
RJD, which has only one member in the state Assembly, said it had not received any official communication on the protest.
\u201cWe have not been communicated anything about the protest by our alliance partners. JMM takes its own decisions and executes them with the Congress. Nothing is discussed with us. So, we decided to stay away from the protest,\u201d RJD state president Sanjay Singh Yadav told PTI. The ED had summoned Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren for questioning on November 3 in a money laundering case linked to alleged illegal mining in the state. Soren, however, skipped summons and went to Chhattisgarh on Thursday to attend a pre-scheduled programme and is stated to have sought three weeks\u2019 time to appear before the central probe agency.
Hundreds of JMM workers marched to Raj Bhawan on Saturday and raised slogans against the BJP and ED. They staged a dharna, which was participated by several senior Congress leaders.
JMM general secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya said, \u201cThe protest is being carried out in all district headquarters against the opposition\u2019s agenda to destabilise the government.\u201d The party, he said, will apprise the president how a tribal who is running the government is being harassed through a well-planned conspiracy.
Senior JMM leader and Rajya Sabha MP Mahua Manjhi said, \u201cThe central agencies should be transparent and unbiased. They should not target only the non-BJP governments in the states.\u201d \u201cIt is evident that BJP is misusing the constitutional institutions. Before the UPA government there was the BJP government led by Raghubar Das in Jharkhand and many big scams and corruptions took place during his regime. But the central agencies remained silent. They are working under its pressure,\u201d Jharkhand Congress working president Bandhu Tirkey said.
JMM workers took out protest rallies in Dumka, Giridih and Bokaro. In Giridih the agitation was led by MLAs Sudivya Kumar and Sarfaraj Ahmed.
Kumar later said, \u201cToday\u2019s protest is just the beginning. A long battle will be fought against BJP\u2019s evil agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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