Infighting in Soren family on declaring Hemant Soren's wife, Kalpana as new CM

Amid hectic political activities and questioning of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren by the ED here on Wednesday a rift has emerged in the ruling Soren family with JMM lawmaker Sita Soren the elder daughterinlaw of party supremo Shibu Soren openly saying she would oppose any move to make Kalpana Soren the chief ministerThis comes against the backdrop of strong rumours that Hemant Sorens wife Kalpana will be the first choice for the CM post if her husband is arrestedTalking to PTI over the phone Sita Soren strongly objected to any move to make Kalpana Soren the leader of JMM legislative partyIncidentally Kalpana Soren was also present at the meeting of alliance legislators at the CMs residence on Tuesday and photos were also shared by the Chief Ministers OfficeI would like to ask why only Kalpana Soren who is not even an MLA and has no political experience the Jama legislator told PTIUnder what circumstances her Kalpanas name was being touted as the next chief minister when there are so many senior leaders in the party the widow of Durga Soren questionedSita Soren who was not present at the legislators meeting she was out of the city for some personal reasons and would reach Ranchi in the evening I will strongly protest any move to make her CM said Sita who has been an MLA for around 14 yearsThere are several senior leaders in the party who could be given the rein If they wanted to elect from a family I am the seniormost in the house and have been an MLA for around 14 years she saidA senior leader who did not wish to be quoted said several MLAs were absent during the legislators meeting Earlier this month Soren had dismissed speculations of his wife contesting from Gandey assembly constituency and had termed it as a complete imagination of the BJPPossibility of my wife contesting in the near future is a complete imagination of the BJP The speculation about handing over reins to her is a fabric woven by the BJP to build a false narrative the chief minister had told PTIThe speculations were triggered by the Enforcement Directorates recent summons to the chief minister coupled with the sudden resignation by the ruling JMMs Gandey MLA Sarfaraz Ahmad in DecemberThe opposition BJP has claimed that Ahmad was made to quit so that the chief ministers wife could contest from Gandey in case of any eventuality in connection with the ED summonsesSoren has been in the eye of a political storm after the ED summonses in an alleged corruption case The agency had recorded the statement of the 48yearold chief minister on January 20 after investigators went to his official residence in RanchiThey recorded his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA It is understood that as the questioning did not finish on that day fresh summons was issuedThe investigation pertains to a huge racket of illegal change of ownership of land by the mafia in Jharkhand according to the agency The ED has so far arrested 14 people in the case including 2011batch IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan who served as the director of the states social welfare department and deputy commissioner of RanchiThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever