Jharkhand Assembly Elections: Chief Minister Hemant Soren attends Sarna Event, like every year

New Delhi: On the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda, while PM Modi was inaugurating several development projects aimed at tribals, Jharkhand CM and JMM leader Hemant Soren attended the International Sarna Dharma Mahasammelan in Lugu Buru, Gomia, in Bokaro district.

The three-day international Sarna religious conference is organised every year and attended by Sarna followers from Bangladesh, Nepal, Assam, Bihar, Odisha, MP, West Bengal and other places. Soren, who has been attending this function every year, took time out in the middle of the election campaign to offer prayers at the conference.

"A symbol of the unwavering faith of the Santhal community, he prayed at the sacred place Lugu Buru Ghanta Bari Dhorom Gadh and prayed for the happiness, peace and prosperity of the people of the state. May the blessings of Lugu Baba and Lugu Ayo remain on everyone," Soren posted on X.


His visit to the sacred place and offering prayers assumes significance as assembly polls are going on and Sarna Code has once again become an election issue.

Soren and his party have been demanding the implementation of Sarna Religious Code and include a separate column for Sarna followers in the upcoming census.