Champai raises voice of dissent in JMM

Amid buzz of quitting party, he says all options open

Amid speculation of quitting his party and joining another front, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren on Sunday said that he was “insulted” during his tenure, adding that till the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly polls, “all options are open for him”.

He also listed out various instances when he was not allowed to call a meeting of the legislative party and was asked to resign suddenly which prompted him “to look for an alternative path”.

In a long post on X, Champai Soren said that he has always done politics of public concern from raising the voice of workers against industrial houses at the beginning of his public life to the Jharkhand movement. “I have been trying to get the rights of the tribals, natives, poor, labourers, students and people of backward classes of the state.

Whether I held any post or not, I was always available to the public, raising the issues of those people who had dreamt of a better future with the state of Jharkhand,” he said.

“Meanwhile, on January 31, after an unprecedented turn of events, the I.N.D.I.A alliance chose me to serve the state as the 12th Chief Minister of Jharkhand. From the first day of my tenure to the last day (July 3), I discharged my duties towards the state with full devotion and dedication.