The party, which prided itself as the creator of Jharkhand, now lies estranged from the very tribal community it had set out to champion

RANCHI: In the Jharkhand assembly polls, the BJP failed to put up a good show in the tribal-dominated regions despite its narrative that it can protect the inte

Jharkhand rejected BJP's attempts to win elections by ramping up polarising narratives. BJP tried this in 2019 and again in the recent elections. Both times, Jharkhand chose Hemant Soren as their leader.

In Jharkhand's polls, the NDA's seats dropped from 51 to 24, as the JMM-led INDIA bloc won 56, aided by effective campaigning and tribal-Muslim unity.

The BJP-led NDA faced a major setback in Jharkhand's 28 tribal constituencies, winning only one seat, even after fielding as many as 21 new faces in the just-concluded assembly polls.