“JMM is not JMM anymore…,” says Lobin Hembrom after joining BJP

Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], August 31 (ANI): After joining the Bharatiya Janata Party, expelled Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Lobin Hembrom on Saturday claimed that the people in the JMM are upset and said that JMM is not JMM anymore.

Earlier today, Lobin Hembrom joined the BJP in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Lobin Hembrom was expelled from JMM for 6 years earlier this year.

“Do you not know that everyone is upset in Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) due to a few people? JMM is not JMM anymore,” Hembrom told ANI.

He further said, “We will sit down together and decide our strategy – how will the people here be saved, how will tribals and natives be saved from infiltrators…I have seen this (infiltration from Bangladesh) issue in my region.”

The development comes as the state is set to witness an election to the 81-member legislative assembly later this year as the current government’s tenure ends in 2024. The Election Commission of India (ECI) is yet to announce the dates.

Meanwhile, Assam CM Sarma on Saturday met Champai Soren after he joined the BJP and invited the latter to visit Assam and have a meal at his house.

After the meeting, CM Sarma said, “Yesterday Champai Soren joined BJP, so I thought I should go and wish him, so I came in the morning and talked to him. I have invited Champai Soren to Assam. I have also invited him to visit and worship at the Maa Kamakhya Temple and also have a meal at my house. I came to invite him.”

Champai Soren joined the BJP at an event in Ranchi on Friday which was attended by Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, CM Sarma and Babulal Marandi among other state BJP leaders.