The Hindu : Soren proves his mettle

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Tuesday, Jun 04, 2002

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Soren proves his mettle

By K. Balchand

RANCHI JUNE 3. By winning the Dumka Lok Sabha seat, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha president, Shibu Soren, has amply demonstrated that he was still the unparalleled leader of the Adivasis in this 18-month-old State.

In the very first major showdown between him and the Chief Minister, Babu Lal Marandi, whom the BJP had been trying to project as an alternative tribal leader, Mr. Soren has registered such a convincing victory that it has silenced sceptics who had written him off. For once the veteran tribal leader played his cards well, spurning the BJP whose support he had secured for entering the Rajya Sabha and plunged himself into the contest to lead the charge from the front.

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