“I have never imagined that I would quit JMM, a party which is like a family to me…The turn of events of the past forced me to make this decision with much pain…I am pained to say that the party has deviated from its principle,” he said in the letter.Champai had previously met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi to announce his decision to join the BJP.On Tuesday, Champai had asserted that he would be switching sides to save tribal identity and existence, which is “at stake in the state’s Santhal Pargana due to rampant infiltration from Bangladesh”.These intruders are causing economic and social harm to the local people, and if they are not stopped, the existence of “our society in Santhal Pargana will be in danger”, he had claimed.In many areas, including Pakur and Rajmahal, the number of infiltrators has become more than that of tribals, Champai alleged. Champai further added that a new chapter of his life was going to start, and he has kept all options open for himBorn on November 11, 1956, in Jilingora village in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharsawan district, Soren began his political career by winning a by-election to the Saraikela seat as an Independent MLA in 1991.He later contested and won the seat again in 1995 as a JMM candidate. Four years later, he contested the assembly polls from the seat on a JMM ticket and defeated BJP’s Panchu Tudu.(With inputs from Agencies)
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