A large number of gatherings of Congress, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has started on Thursday against questioning of the Chief Minister, Hemant Soren by Enforcement Directorate (ED) at the Chief Minister's residence.
After CM left for ED office, a large number of workers were present outside his residence. Along with this, there was a huge crowd of workers present in Morhabadi Maidan of the State Capital. On behalf of JMM, it has been named Jan Aakrosh Maha Rally. Workers arrived by around 100 buses while the process of workers coming from small vehicles was also going on. On the other hand, a temporary stage was prepared outside the CM residence.
Legislature Party leader Alamgir Alam, Congress State President Rajesh Thakur, Minister Banna Gupta, Minister Badal, Minister Mithilesh Thakur, Minister Jagannath Mahato, Congress MLA Kumar Jaimangal, Deepika Pandey Singh, Amba Prasad, JMM were among the leaders who gathered at the Chief Minister's residence. MLA Nalin Soren, Lobin Hembram, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Lok Sabha MP Vijay Hansda were also there.
On the other hand, the workers were continuously raising slogans in support of Hemant Soren. The workers said that at the behest of BJP, an attempt is being made to disturb a stable government. BJP MP, Nishikant Dubey has a big hand in this. On the other hand, former Bhavnathpur MLA, Anant Pratap Dev said that thousands of people from Garhwa have reached here in support of the Chief Minister. The people of Bhawnathpur have shown solidarity against the summons of ED.
Meanwhile, adequate security arrangements were made at various squares and intersections. The district administration has imposed Section-144 from Hinoo Chowk to Airport Road. Under this, any kind of dharna, demonstration, meeting, procession and public meeting has been banned. It is also forbidden to carry any kind of weapons and arms. Section-144 will continue till further orders.
BJP's State headquarters is in Harmu Road itself. In view of this, the police had increased the security of the BJP headquarters as a precautionary measure. Under the leadership of Head Quarter DSP Praveen Kumar Singh, 27 jawans were stationed there. In these, along with the jawans of District Police and JAP, the team of ATS is also included. Fire brigade is also on stand-by. However, no big leader of BJP reached the state headquarters.