Babulal Marandi interview: ‘Soren family has disclosed 33 properties to EC and IT dept… as per documents with me, they have 108 properties worth Rs 250 cr’ | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express
If today BJP asks JMM to form a govt with it, Hemant Soren will ‘come for it running barefoot’, says Jharkhand BJP Legislature Party leader in an interview with The Indian Express
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HomePolitical PulseBabulal Marandi interview: ‘Soren family has disclosed 33 properties to EC and IT dept… as per documents with me, they have 108 properties worth Rs 250 cr’
Babulal Marandi interview: ‘Soren family has disclosed 33 properties to EC and IT dept… as per documents with me, they have 108 properties worth Rs 250 cr’
If today BJP asks JMM to form a govt with it, Hemant Soren will ‘come for it running barefoot’, says Jharkhand BJP Legislature Party leader in an interview with The Indian Express
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Ranchi | Updated: September 18, 2022 7:05:06 am
BJP leader Babulal Marandi (Photo: Facebook/@yourbabulal )The leader of the BJP Legislature Party in Jharkhand, Babulal Marandi, had returned to the BJP in early 2020, merging his party Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) with it. The 64-year-old ex-CM Marandi believes that the saffron party has made “significant growth” in the tribal state since his reinduction into its fold. In an interview with The Indian Express, he speaks on a range of issues, including the domicile policy as well as the continuing suspense kept by Governor Ramesh Bais over Chief Minister and JMM leader Hemant Soren’s disqualification. Excerpts:
Have you been successful as a leader since your reinduction into the BJP?
I am facing certain difficulties. I did not get the Leader of Opposition (LoP) status in the Assembly, so my voice has remained very weak in the House. Na idhar ke rehne diya, na udhar ke (I was left dangling in between). It is not in my nature to scream here and there in the Assembly. The system is such (with disqualification plea against me pending with the Speaker). But outside, I have fulfilled the responsibilities given to me by the party. For instance, going to meet the family members who have been victims of crime, raising the issues which I consider important. Dumka is one such example. And when I am unable to do so, I make sure we have a local presence.
The same system also delayed the decision when MLAs of your erstwhile party, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), switched to the BJP in 2014. Now your LoP status hangs in the balance. Do you think the system of disposal of pleas needs to change so that it is not abused politically?
The situation was different then as my party had not merged with the BJP (and only the MLAs had joined), but yes, intentionally it was delayed. However, the situation is different this time as even the EC recognised the merger — JVM(P) with the BJP — and now there is no JVM(P) which exists. But the government does not want to give me the right (of LoP). I think a time limit needs to be set for the disposal of these cases to avoid abuse of the process.
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