BJP allegedly offering Rs 5 crore to field candidate against Hemant Soren, claims JMM
Ranchi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Manoj Pandey has claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is offering Rs 5 crore to entice a candidate within its ranks to contest against Chief Minister Hemant Soren in the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections.
According to Pandey, BJP has been unsuccessful in finding a suitable candidate to oppose Soren in the Barhait Assembly constituency, leading to the financial incentive.
"They are struggling to find a candidate and have resorted to offering Rs 5 crore," Pandey told ANI. "BJP knows they won't secure more than 100-150 votes, which is why no one wants to contest against CM Soren."
Pandey suggested that the BJP’s inability to attract support in the constituency may lead to them forgoing a candidate altogether, or fielding someone motivated solely by the monetary offer. He added, "If their candidate gets only 250 votes, it would be a huge embarrassment."
Soren, who filed his nomination for the Barhait seat last Thursday, is considered a strong candidate, as Barhait falls under Santhal Paragana, a JMM stronghold. In the 2019 assembly elections, Soren won both Barhait and Dumka constituencies but vacated the Dumka seat afterward.
The Jharkhand Assembly elections will take place in two phases on 13 and 20 November, with results expected on 20 November.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
