Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren announced on Wednesday his decision to launch a new political party amid escalating tensions within the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
The 67-year-old tribal leader, known as 'Jharkhand's Tiger' for his role in the creation of the state in 2000, explained his decision, saying, "I will not retire from politics. In the new chapter that I have started, I'll strengthen the new organisation and if I find a good friend in the way, I'll move ahead with that friendship to serve the people and state... Everything will become clear in a week."
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His dissatisfaction with the JMM leadership intensified recently after his government programs were abruptly canceled by party leaders without his prior knowledge. "No one from JMM contacted me. I have struggled since my student life and participated in the agitation for a separate Jharkhand state under the leadership of party supremo Shibu Soren," Soren said as PTI quoted.