Former Jharkhand chief minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren was released from jail after he was granted bail by the high court in a money laundering case linked to a land scam.
“I was kept behind bars for 5 months…We are seeing how the judicial process is taking years not just days or months…Today, it is a message for the whole country about how a conspiracy was hatched against us…The fight we started and the resolutions we made, we will work to fulfil them,” Soren told reporters, according to the media.
At a time when the NEET debacle has rocked the country, the Opposition was expected to raise the demand for a discussion on the issue today. However, LS was adjourned till Monday and RS till 2 pm today. The Opposition MPs had decided to move adjournment motions in both Houses earlier today. Addressing the Parliament on Thursday, President Murmu had ensured a fair probe into the case.
Meanwhile, heavy rains lashed Delhi this morning, leading the the collapse of a portion of the roof of Delhi Airport’s Terminal 1, killing 1 person and injuring eight others. The Safdarjung base station has recorded 228.1 mm rainfall in the past 24 hours till 8.30 am today.
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