Ranchi, January 17: The ruling party in Jharkhand has established a front against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) ahead of the agency interviewing Chief Minister Hemant Soren on January 20 on the purported land fraud.
Workers from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) imposed a nine-hour bandh in Sahibganj. The party has previously alerted the ED to the public’s outrage. At a time when the central agency team has lately been attacked in West Bengal, there is animosity directed towards ED in Jharkhand.
Workers from the ruling party physically blocked stores and stopped traffic in several locations in Sahibganj while shouting anti-Central Investigation Agency slogans.
The district’s Barhait constituency, which is home to Chief Minister Hemant Soren, had a complete bandh.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren was requested by ED to be available for interrogation from January 16 to January 20 in a letter given to him on January 13. In response, Soren informed ED that on January 20, his statement might be videotaped at home.
Shahjahan Ansari, the president of JMM Sahibganj area, asserted that cooperation and harmony prevailed throughout the area throughout the bandh.
He said that the bandh did not apply to trains, ambulances, or milk vehicles. Ansari declared, “The government was formed with a full majority by our Barhait MLA and Chief Minister Hemant Soren.” But the BJP is the one behind their harassment. We’ve declared a bandh in opposition to it.
Supriyo Bhattacharya, general secretary and spokesperson for JMM, voiced outrage over the ED action on Tuesday, claiming that the people of the state are incensed about it. “We may see gruesome results of anger among the people if ED is late in understanding the warning,” he warned. He has also suggested that ED maintain a factual, open, and unambiguous working approach.