Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Sunday questioned Indian central government鈥檚 decision to provide political asylum to ousted Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina who fled to India on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising.
Addressing a polls rally at Ranka under Garhwa assembly seat, he took a sharp jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party after it accused the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha of patronising infiltrators in the state, The Times of India reported on Monday.
鈥楶lease tell us on what basis you allowed the former prime minister of Bangladesh to land in India and seek asylum. Infiltrators from Bangladesh enter India through BJP-ruled states. They are saying it themselves,鈥� said Soren, working president of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
Soren鈥檚 remarks came a day after Union home minister Amit Shah accused the state government of giving 鈥榮helter鈥� to infiltrators for vote banks.
鈥業 would like to know whether the BJP has some sort of internal understanding with Bangladesh,鈥� the state chief minister said.
Soren wondered on what basis the BJP and its leaders claim about Bangladeshi infiltration in Jharkhand, 鈥榳hen there is no identification鈥�, according to the Indian English language daily鈥檚 report available online.
Amit had said, 鈥榊ou have given shelter to infiltrators. You made infiltrators your vote bank. Today, I would like to inform the people of Jharkhand that by putting an end to appeasement politics, the BJP will drive out infiltrators and rebuild Jharkhand from scratch.鈥�
Soren also accused the BJP of dividing society along the lines of caste, creed, and religion. He claimed that since his government came to power in 2019, the BJP has been 鈥榟atching conspiracies鈥� against him.
鈥楧espite the hurdles put up by the opposition party, we have completed our full term of five years,鈥� he said.
Characterising them as party of 鈥榗apitalists鈥�, he further asserted that the BJP had 鈥榥othing to do with the poor, tribes, dalits, farmers, and women,鈥�
