BJP state spokesperson Pratul Shahdev, while addressing a press conference here on Saturday, accused the ruling coalition of promoting political jihad. Pratul said that a section of the Muslim community lures innocent tribal girls into a love trap and marries them. Later, they try to capture power by making them contest for the seats of Mukhiya, Zilla Parishad, Panchayat and Sarpanch reserved for tribals. There is political jihad. After that, the role of this tribal woman is reduced and all the work is taken care of by her Muslim husband. While giving innumerable examples of Pakur district, Pratul also gave examples of other districts of the state.

He said that there are dozens of such examples in Pakur district, in which these Muslim fundamentalists have conspired to capture power by making their tribal wives win the elections. Some of them have trapped these innocent tribal daughters and married them to second and third wives. Giving the example of Pakur, Pratul said that Lalu Sheikh, Khayar Sheikh, Mehboob Alam, Azad Mian, Vakil Mansoori, Umed Ali Ansari, Abdus Shamim, Azad Ansari, Sagir Ansari, Mohammad Sheikh, Hazrat Ali and others.

He said that there are dozens of such Muslim youths who lured their tribal daughters and married them. Then they made these wives contest elections at different levels and won in many cases and through them they captured power by waging political jihad. Giving examples from other parts of the state, he said that people like Tabarak Ansari, Ikramul Ansari, Moin Ansari, Rabbul Ansari, Shahbuddin Sheikh, Shahjahan Sheikh, Tipu Ansari have also carried out political jihad in other parts of the state. There is a list of more than 200 people who have captured or tried to capture power through political jihad.

Pratul said that when his government is formed, he will demand a high-level investigation from the Home Ministry into the entire matter to find out whether these tribal daughters are being harassed.

Meanwhile, Shahdev asked Alamgir Alam to resign immediately, saying that the Kejriwal model will not work in Jharkhand and ED has found evidence of Alamgir Alam being directly linked to the recovery of crores of rupees. ED has also mentioned this in its remand.

Pratul said that ED should also investigate the movable and immovable properties and companies of Alamgir Alam's billionaire brother Jahangir Alam, who has been living in Bangladesh for a long time. Pratul said that Alamgir Alam's political rise in the 90s and his brother Jahangir Alam's The story of Bangladesh's shift during this period and its rise from the ashes to the top requires a thorough investigation. Pratul said that as Alamgir Alam's stature grew, so did his brother's financial empire. Today he is worth billions of rupees, and is involved in business related to rice, jute and medicine.

State co-media in-charge Ashok Badaik and Tariq Imran were also present in the press conference.