Drawing parallels with actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan who was recently given a clean chit by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said on Sunday that investigative agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) were being misused by the BJP and dared anyone to harm him.
Mr. Soren said consensus had been reached with the Congress for the Rajya Sabha seat. “I was in a meeting with Sonia Gandhi ji for more than an hour yesterday [on Saturday]. We have decided the candidate, it will be announced in a couple of days in Jharkhand,” he said. Elections to 57 Rajya Sabha seats are to be held on June 10 and the last date for filing nominations is May 31.
The leader of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) that is in power in alliance with the Congress said the State was typical and people here were capable of delivering justice in their own way. “People here will sever someone’s head and walk to the police station to admit to the crime. We have our own ways of serving justice,” Mr. Soren said, adding that the BJP was creating an environment to sully his image and that of the government with corruption allegations.
