BJP alleged ruling JMM led coalition allowed demographic change in Jharkhand to secure its vote bank
As per report jharkhand has voted in the first phase of the assembly elections, amid a high-decibel campaign on the issue of illegal immigration of Bangladeshis. The bjp made this its biggest poll plank, with prime minister Narendra Modi repeating his message of ‘Ek hain toh safe hain’ over and over. Union home minister amit shah also promised a new law to safeguard tribal land ownership to keep it away from the clutches of alleged illegal migrants. But, the real test of this issue will be to see if sways voters in the Santhal Pargana division.
Meanwhile the bjp has tried to counter this scheme by promising Rs 2,000 if voted to power. But, in a game of populism, the JMM-led coalition government announced that the scheme amount will go up to Rs 2,500 if it returns to power. The scheme definitely has resonance among women voters. In rural pockets of Kolhan region, which voted in the first phase, women made their presence felt. Hence, the JMM is hoping that just as the woman vote bank ushered in the bjp with a big mandate in madhya pradesh on the back of the Ladli Behna Yojana, this scheme will have a similar effect in Jharkhand.
Moreover three instalments of the scheme have been transferred and chief minister Hemant Soren has been telling voters that if the bjp had not forwarded the elections by a month, he would have ensured a fourth instalment before the model code of conduct was enforced.
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