Jharkhand excise constable recruitment drive held for 'votes': Chouhan
Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday accused the Hemant Soren-led government of holding the excise constable recruitment drive for "votes" that claimed 12 lives.
Chouhan, who is also the BJP Jharkhand election in-charge, arrived in Ranchi on Sunday to take stock of preparations for the assembly polls, which are due later year.
"Seeing the election, the CM, who had promised five lakh jobs and understood that it cannot be fulfilled, made the youths run for 10 km. This led to the death of 12 youths," the Union Agriculture minister told reporters at Ranchi's Birsa Munda Airport.
Chouhan said that the 10-km run did not happen anywhere.
"Without proper arrangements, the Hemant Soren government hatched a conspiracy to mislead the youth in the greed for votes, which took the lives of many youths," he said.
Chouhan alleged Soren knew that recruitment cannot be done at this time, no matter how many interviews are conducted.
He alleged, "This is not a mere accident but murders tha