BJP will get a thrashing in Jharkhand elections: Hemant Soren

Hitting out at the BJP, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday claimed that the saffron party will get a "thrashing" in the state assembly elections. Soren addressing media persons at his residential office Ranchi also slammed the income tax searches during the election campaign. Replying to a query about BJP's 'Batenge Toh Katenge' slogan, Soren said, "Yahan na to bante hai, na batenge but chunav ke madhyam se kute jarur jayenge yeh log (Here no one is divided nor they will be but they (BJP) will be thrashed in the election."

#WATCH | Ranchi: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren says, "...Income tax conducted raids on the premises of my associates. I don't need to say much about this because I have spoken many times about the condition of constitutional agencies. The whole country is watching on which parameters… pic.twitter.com/C2v4cZD7DU

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The Income Tax Department on Saturday conducted searches at multiple locations in poll-bound Jharkhand, including on the premises of a person linked to CM Hemant Soren, as part of a tax evasion probe, official sources said. A total of nine premises in the state capital Ranchi and Jamshedpur were raided in an operation that started early morning.