Agencies
A day before the Champai Soren government in Jharkhand is scheduled to face a floor test, senior Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Lobin Hembrom on Sunday claimed that wrong advice led to Hemant Soren’s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate.
Hemant Soren, the former chief minister, has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case. “Hemant Soren repeatedly ignored my advice and eventually landed in jail… he has always been surrounded by wrong advisors,” Hembrom, a lawmaker from Borio seat in Sahibganj district, told reporters.
Hembrom squarely blamed Hemant Soren’s personal and media advisors, besides advisors from JMM for his plight. He also objected to the move by the JMM-led alliance to shift MLAs to Hyderabad.
Hembrom expressed displeasure over ‘such expenditure at a time when Jharkhand’s majority populace struggled to meet both ends’. He also demanded the implementation of the Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act and Santhal Parganas Tenancy Act. Both the Acts prohibit the sale of tribal land to non-tribals.
