As One Soren Takes Political Centre-Stage, Another Switches To BJP
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Amid speculation that Kalpana Soren may take over as Chief Minister, Sita Soren had said she has no political experience
The political split in the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's (JMM) first family is out in the open as party founder Shibu Soren's daughter-in-law Sita Soren switched to the BJP today, accusing the JMM leadership of neglecting her. This coincides with the other bahu in the family, Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana, emerging as the party's voice as it gears up for the Lok Sabha polls.
On January 31, amid speculation that Hemant Soren could make way for wife Kalpana to take over as Chief Minister if the Enforcement Directorate (ED) moved to arrest him, his sister-in-law and three-time MLA Sita had said Kalpana has "no political experience".
Days later, Champai Soren, a trusted aide of the JMM first family, took over as Jharkhand Chief Minister. A month later, the party chose Kalpana Soren to address the mega INDIA rally in Mumbai that marked the end of Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra this Sunday.
