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While forging alliance, we decided Hemant Soren will be CM: Cong

By IANS | Updated: December 23, 2019 13:40 IST

The man credited with Congress' revival in Jharkhand, R.P.N. Singh said on Monday that if the Congress' alliance gets a majority in the Assembly polls, Hemant Soren would be the next Chief Minister of Jharkhand.

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"There is no-doubt about it. Hemant Soren will be the CM. We have assured him (Soren) even before we forged the alliance with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)," R.P.N. Singh, Congress in-charge Jharkhand told the media.

On the impact of the ongoing countrywide NRC and CAA protests in the polls, Singh said that in the last two phases (fourth and fifth) were focussed on NRC and CAA.

"PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and UP's CM Yogi tried to raise the temperature (of the polls) by taking their campaign at a new low. It would be interesting to see what is the final outcome of seats where polls were held in the last two phase," the former Minister in the UPA government added.

In case of a hung Assembly, whether Congress will seek the help of other parties like JVM of Babu Lal Marandi or AJSU of Sudesh Mahto, Singh said that it is too early to comment that results will be hung.

"But whatever is the outcome, even if we form a government on our own, we will seek the support of other parties (except for BJP)," said Singh, whose homework, strategy and planning in the Jharkhand Assembly polls seems to have created a new chapter for the Congress in Eastern India's tribal state.

Inviting all the parties under its umbrella seems to be the Congress' new strategy to include all parties in a bid to counter the saffron surge.

On the message coming out of the election results in Jharkhand, Singh said that the message is loud and clear that BJP is not bothered about growing unemployment, farmers distress and a countrywide economic slow down.

"The Prime Minister never acknowledges there is an economic slow down. The BJP as a party does not talk about corruption or related issues. I think these are the issues the BJP has to take note of or else they will continue to lose," said R.P.N. Singh, who is an MP from Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh.

 

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( With inputs from IANS )

Tags: R P N SinghJharkhand Mukti MorchacongressbjpJharkhand Assembly Election 2019
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