Jharkhand Mukti Morcha on Sunday showed might to mark 35th Jharkhand Diwas at Gandhi Maidan in Dumka. Party Chief Shibu Soren and other top leaders addressed thousands of party workers.
Calling it historical Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that the rally will determine party’s performance in the coming lok Sabha elections.
“As lok Sabha elections are round the corner, today’s rally is definitely important for us, which will also demonstrate party’s performance in the next coming lok Sabha elections. It seems the party workers and the people out here are quite satisfied with the performance of the Government so far who are filled with enthusiasm leading us to bag all the three seats in Santhal Pargana,” Soren said.
Though the programme is expected to continue till late night, the top brass of the party leadership is to share party’s achievements to pump in fresh energy in the party workers. The rally concluded with the speech of Shibu Soren. According to Soren, the party will go to the people with a slogan, three years verses three months of governance in the coming elections.
Slogan shouting activists danced at the beating of nagara (drum) in praise of the Disom Guru Shibu Soren. The supporters, mostly tribal people armed with bows and arrows besides other traditional weapons and chanted slogans.
The occasion is the 35th Jharkhand Diwas, conventionally observed as the foundation day of the JMM. Shibu Soren holds a public meeting at midnight after a huge rally.
Over one lakh JMM supporters were expected to attend the midnight gathering, including Ministers, MPs, MlAs and functionaries of the district and central committees.