NEW DELHI: The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha on Thursday refuted the speculations of former chief minister Hemant Soren contesting against his sister-in-law Sita Soren in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and instead, fielded Nalin Soren from the Lok Sabha seat.
“The party has decided to field Nalin Soren from Dumka seat and Mathura Prasad Mahto from Giridih,” a JMM official said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has already fielded former JMM MLA and estranged sister-in-law of Hemant Soren, from the Dumka constituency, reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
The BJP had on March 2 renominated sitting MP Sunil Soren from Dumka but later withdrew his candidature after the party fielded Sita who joined the party last month.
Sunil Soren had defeated JMM president Shibu Soren in the 2019 polls by a margin of 47,590 votes.
After joining BJP, Sita Soren has launched an all out attack against her family members. Sita Soren has alleged that she was ‘neglected by the JMM’ and was in ‘isolation’ after the death of her husband Durga Soren in 2009.
“The change that came in our lives after my husband’s death was no less than a nightmare. We were neglected and isolated socially and politically,” Sita has claimed.
She has also demanded a high-level probe into the “mysterious death” of her husband.
“The party has decided to field Nalin Soren from Dumka seat and Mathura Prasad Mahto from Giridih,” a JMM official said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has already fielded former JMM MLA and estranged sister-in-law of Hemant Soren, from the Dumka constituency, reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
The BJP had on March 2 renominated sitting MP Sunil Soren from Dumka but later withdrew his candidature after the party fielded Sita who joined the party last month.
Sunil Soren had defeated JMM president Shibu Soren in the 2019 polls by a margin of 47,590 votes.
After joining BJP, Sita Soren has launched an all out attack against her family members. Sita Soren has alleged that she was ‘neglected by the JMM’ and was in ‘isolation’ after the death of her husband Durga Soren in 2009.
“The change that came in our lives after my husband’s death was no less than a nightmare. We were neglected and isolated socially and politically,” Sita has claimed.
She has also demanded a high-level probe into the “mysterious death” of her husband.