CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announces Champai Soren to join BJP on August 30

Former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren will join the BJP in Ranchi on August 30, announced Assam Chief Minister and BJP's Jharkhand election co-in-charge Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Sharing a picture of Champai Soren meeting Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday, Sarma said in a post on X, "Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand and a



distinguished Adivasi leader of our country, @ChampaiSoren Ji met Hon’ble Union Home Minister @AmitShah Ji a short while ago. He will officially join the @BJP4India on 30th August in Ranchi."

Recently, there were speculations about him over switching from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) after he visited Delhi with some MLAs on August 18.