What is about the Adivasis of Jharkhand that prevents the saffron lotus from blooming or even taking root, unlike in the Adivasi-majority seats of Chhattisgarh and Odisha where the BJP did exceedingly well in the past few years?
He belongs to the Kudmi Mahato community which constitutes 15 per cent of the total electorates.
The saffron party, for the first time, tried its best to address Adivasis—but with a tweak. They evoked the issue of ‘Bangladeshi infiltrators’ in Muslim-dominated districts of Pakur, Sahebgunj and Dumka.
If the BJP manages to win Jharkhand, it will be the third mineral-rich state after Odisha and Chhattisgarh that will fall into the party’s kitty
While the BJP is trying to invoke the trope of “Bangladeshi infiltrators”, the ground reality paints a different picture pertaining to the historical significance of Muslim-Adivasi camaraderie
Tirth Nath Akash, Independent candidate in the Jharkhand elections from Bermo constituency, takes a bold step with legal affidavit to ensure transparency and responsibility.
This Jharkhand election will be a direct fight between the JMM and the BJP on Adivasi identity and the issue of infiltration
The word 'abua' stems from Birsa Munda’s slogan of ‘Abua raj ete jana, maharani raj tundu jana’, meaning ‘let the kingdom of queen be ended and our kingdom be established’
In Indian politics, nostalgia is a powerful tool. But will the public’s loving memory of his father give Hemant Soren the advantage in Jharkhand’s assembly elections?
As the 81 assembly constituencies of Jharkhand are all set to go to polls on November 13 and 20, the high-stake battle of the Adivasi-dominated state found two planks- identity and infiltration- that are going to determine the fate of JMM and the BJP
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