New Delhi, 27/8: Former Jharkhand chief minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha rebel Champai Soren will join the Bharatiya Janata Party. While there were speculations around the same, Assam CM and BJP’s Jharkhand in-charge Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that Soren will join party this week.
In a post on X, Sarma said that Soren, who he described as “former Chief Minister of Jharkhand and a distinguished Adivasi leader of our country” met union home minister Amit Shah on Monday in Delhi. “He will officially join the @BJP4India on 30th August.