The triumph of BJP candidate Champai Soren in the Seraikela assembly seat has announced ‘Ulgulan’( Rebellion) against Bangladeshi intruders in Jharkhand.

Writing on X  after his victory, Champai Soren declared his intention to launch an “Ulgulan” against external infiltrators in the region.

“Politics has no end. My next objective is to drive out Bangladeshi intruders from this area. Our fight is to reclaim the land and rights of the tribal community,” he stated.

Champai Soren, contested the Jharkhand Assembly election 2024 from Seraikela, seat from which he has been winning since 1991, but this time for BJP and not for Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). 

He won with over 20,000 votes. A long-time associate of JMM leader Shibu Soren, Champai Soren, resigned from JMM to join BJP earlier this year, a move that is seen as a shot in the arm for the saffron party's efforts to boost its connection with the Scheduled Tribes, a community which has been the main voter base of the JMM. 

While resigning, the tribal leader stated that the current approach and policies of the state government forced him to part ways with the party he had loyally served for many years. Champai, who has been dubbed 'Jharkhand's Tiger' for his significant role in the movement to establish a separate state in the 1990s. 

Jharkhand was officially formed in 2000 from the southern region of Bihar. The tribal leader briefly held the chief minister’s post after Hemant Soren’s resignation. Women voters outnumbered men in both phases of Jharkhand assembly polls, with 68 out of the 81 seats recording a higher female turnout, according to election officials on Thursday. 

The state witnessed an overall voter turnout of 67.74 per cent, which was 1.65 per cent higher than the 2019 poll figures. Voting took place in two phases - November 13 for 43 seats and November 20 for 38 seats. Of the 2.61 crore registered electors, including 1.29 crore women voters, over 1.76 crore people cast their votes. A notable 91.16 lakh women voters participated, surpassing male turnout by 5.52 lakh votes, the Election Commission said. 

Electoral rolls also revealed that women outnumbered men in 32 of the 81 constituencies, including Chief Minister Hemant Soren and former CM Champai Soren.

Champai writes,” Government will come and go. Party will be formed, and be broken, but our community must survive. Otherwise, nothing will remain. In this land of heroes, there will again be a rebellion.”