Supporters of JMM, which is part of the ruling coalition government in Jharkhand along with Congress-RJD, imposed a “successful” bandh in Sahibganj district to protest against Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s repeated summons to Chief Minister Hemant Soren by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Represent the assembly seat. Same district.
The nearly seven-hour bandh called from 8 am had active presence of JMM’s lone Lok Sabha MP Vijay Hansda (from Rajmahal constituency) and senior JMM leader and former MP Hemlal Murmu. Shops were closed almost across Sahibganj, while supporters Under the leadership of JMM Sahibganj District President Shahjahan Ansari blocked NH-80 at Green Hotel roundabout at 8 in the morning by using bamboo sticks.
He said the bandh was called on the suggestion of the party’s central leadership and it was enforced between 8 am and 3 pm. However, during this period emergency services and school buses etc. were allowed to operate.
Soren had on Monday agreed to be questioned in the alleged land scam case after eight summons and had asked the ED to record his statement on the afternoon of January 20.
There were reports that the ED had written a letter to Soren on Saturday and given him five days (January 16-20) to record his statement and within two days to inform him of the time and place to record his statement. Said.
The Chief Minister’s letter also accused the Enforcement Directorate of indulging in a media trial against him and hinted at taking legal recourse against the summons.
Soren has not yet appeared in any of the ED summons. He had filed petitions before the Supreme Court and Jharkhand High Court seeking protection from ED action, terming the summons as “unfair”. Both courts rejected his petitions.
