Hemant accuses BJP of crushing tribal leadership in Jharkhand

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Press Trust of India Ranchi
Last Updated : Dec 27 2014 | 5:11 PM IST
Caretaker Chief Minister Hemant Soren today accused BJP of crushing tribal leadership by not allowing them to grow from the very first day of the creation of Jharkhand.
"It is not today. From the very first day the Bharatiya Janata Party created situations in a planned way to crush tribal leadership," Soren said while reacting to BJP selecting Raghuvar Das as the first non-tribal chief minister of Jharkhand.
"It has been in their mind to run this state on its own terms. What I feel is, first they promoted tribal leadership, did not allow them to grow, made them unsuccessful before spreading misinformation that tribal leadership can't rule," Soren told PTI.
"It did not give them an opportunity to grow. They did not allow Babulal Marandi (former BJP leader) and Arjun Munda (BJP) to grow as tribal leaders," he said.
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First Published: Dec 27 2014 | 5:11 PM IST

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