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Jharkhand: Senior JMM leader Raja Ram Marandi joins BJP in Barhait

Ranchi, Nov 11 (UNI) Senior Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Raja Ram Marandi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with hundreds of supporters at a programme in Jhabri under the Barhait Assembly constituency of Sahibganj district on Wednesday.
Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi welcomed the new entrants into the party at the joining ceremony.
Barhait is the Assembly constituency represented by Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
Babulal Marandi said the joining reflected growing public dissatisfaction with the Hemant Soren government and claimed that the JMM's organisational position in the Chief Minister's constituency was weakening.
He alleged that the state police were being used as a tool by the government and that false cases were being registered against ordinary people and BJP workers. Referring to the arrest of BJP worker Jagan Murmu of Baisabhitha village in Sahibganj, he alleged that he had been implicated in a fabricated case.
Marandi urged police officials to act impartially and warned that the BJP would continue to raise issues concerning alleged misuse of police powers.
Raja Ram Marandi said he had decided to leave the JMM after feeling that the party had moved away from its original ideology and public-interest concerns. He alleged that the state government had failed to meet the expectations of tribal communities and other sections of society.
He said he would work to strengthen the BJP and raise issues concerning the people of Jharkhand.
Former Rajmahal MLA Anant Ojha, former Borio MLA Lobin Hembrom, former Littipara MLA Dinesh William Marandi and other BJP leaders and workers attended the programme.
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