Jharkhand Jamtara district Congress committee leaders led by prez join BJP

JAMSHEDPUR: Jharkhand’s Jamtara district Congress committee chief Harimohan Mishra, along with senior leaders from various cells of the unit, resigned from the primary membership of the party on Wednesday and joined the BJP.

The saffron party’s state unit chief Babulal Marandi welcomed Mishra and other leaders to the party.

“One can understand the state-of-the-affairs of the JMMled coalition government in the state where the district committee members of an ally snapped ties and joined our party,” the former chief minister told reporters.

Highlighting the achievements of the NDA government over the last 10 years, Marandi emphasised PM Narendra Modi’s efforts towards making India a developed nation by 2047.

He criticised the INDIA coalition, accusing them of being agenda-less and solely focused on promoting their families, and claimed that opposition parties had united with the sole objective of ousting Modi at any cost.

In addition to Mishra, other members who joined the saffron party included district NSUI president Vikrant Singh and district mahila morcha president Baby Paswan.

In his resignation sent to JPCC president Rajesh Thakur, Mishra cited dissatisfaction with the style of functioning of local party legislator Irfan Ansari, accusing him of working to undermine the Congress in the district.

Mishra alleged that Ansari and his father Furkan Ansari were solely responsible for the current state of affairs in the district.

Impressed by the all-round development under Modi’s leadership, Mishra said they had decided to strengthen his hands further by joining the BJP.

Earlier, Marandi urged party workers to strengthen booth committees to ensure victory in the forthcoming parliamentary elections.