Son shadow over Soren-Sita talks

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Son shadow over Soren-Sita talks
Suporters blame Hemant for Sasur-bahu communication gap

Vijay Deo Jha | Ranchi

Saturday, April 10, 2010


Close aides of Sita Soren have branded Hemant Soren as a noise in the communication channel between Chief Minister Shibu Soren aka Guruji and his daughter-in-law.

Language is no barrier for the CM to communicate with Sita. But then, lack of a direct communication channel, and if there was an indirect one, it often had too much of noises and outside interferences that often aggravated the controversy over Shibu Soren aka Guruji's proposed constituency to fight the election.

"In a typical family with strong belief in taboo and Purdah system no direct communication 'perhaps' actually took place between Sita and Shibu Soren in the last three months to convince her to resign from Jama Assembly seat," an insider of Soren family said.

"And if they ever tried to communicate they were prevented by some vested interests. Though Hemant Soren, Guruji's son, has made all sorts of pledges to vacate the Dumka seat for the Chief Minister, he actually did not want Guruji to contest from there. He has the dream to become the Chief Minister which Sita will never digest. He is instrumental in the communication gap," the insider said.

Claiming widow Sita is a simple housewife who does not know dirty political tricks, her close aides said that she never nourished any political ambition but wanted some sort of compensation.

"She has not made any big demand in exchange of Jama which was once represented by her late husband Durga Soren…except the post of chairman of any corporation or board. But there is none around Shibu Soren who can carry her words to him, the insider said.

Sources added that at least two Ministers of the Soren-led coalition Government, all from the JMM quota - Hazi Hussain Ansari and Mathura Mahato - are quite keen about the political script of Hemant which is quite fuzzy and romantic.

Nevertheless, top JMM leaders confided that the matter was resolved at a high level meeting on Thursday night at CM's House where Sita agreed to pave way for Soren.

Whether Sita is ready to resign or already submitted her resignation paper to Guruji is all media report. Both the CM and Hemant refrained from corroborating it on Friday afternoon on the sidelines of the Cabinet meeting.

"Yes I will contest the election," Guruji said repeating what he had said to different audiences at different times refusing to disclose the name of the constituency.

Media grilled Hemant with the same query asking him to name the constituency from where his father plans to contest and one eager scribe asked if he would leave Dumka for his father.

"If I get instructions from the Chief Minister I will take no time to do so," Hemant said.

But by late evening Shibu Soren appeared confident when he was again asked to name the constituency while inaugurating the 'Bangla Sanskritik Mela' in the State capital.

"It is not too late. You will come to know…," Soren said, and his conscience keepers were successful in stopping him from dwelling over the issue further.

If Soren beamed such a high hope it was apparently due to the fact that Sita on Friday ventured to the Project Building (State Secretariat) along with the Chief Minister.

Many in the JMM interpreted it as the breaking of ice and a sign of the opening of a channel that can distinguish between noise and signal.


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