August 30, 2024: Champai Soren, former Jharkhand chief minister and long-time Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday.

Before disclosing his decision to join the BJP, Champai Soren, in a resignation letter to party leader Shibu Soren expressed deep sorrow over the state of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), stating that the party had deviated from the ideals that he and other workers had fought for under Soren’s leadership.

Former CM Champai Soren, popularly known as ‘Kolhan Tiger’, resigned from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on last week, stating that the state government’s ‘current style of functioning and policies’ as the reasons for his departure from the party he had long served.