Dumka: Chief minister Hemant Soren on Sunday defended the FIR filed against state BJP president Deepak Prakash in connection to the latter’s statement that the state government would be toppled in the next couple of months.
A formal complaint against Prakash was filed by district Congress president Shyamal Kishore Singh at the Town police station on Saturday. The cops have pressed sedition charges against Prakash along with other sections of the Indian Penal Code.
“The statements from the BJP camp regarding the possible toppling of my government point towards a larger conspiracy of horse trading,” Soren said during a press conference at his Khijuriya-based residence on the final day of campaigning for the twin bypolls in Dumka and Bermo. The chief minister added, “Destabilising a democratically-elected government by misusing money is not good for democracy in the country. It is, however, up to the police to investigate the matter and take suitable action.”
Soren also said that his government will last the full term. “We are united and shall complete the term,” he said, adding that statements of BJP leaders claiming that his government would fall betray their lust for power.