Former Jharkhand chief minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Champai Soren on Sunday penned a heartfelt note on social media platform X and said he received a "big blow to self-respect" when he was asked to resign as the chief minister after Hemant Soren was released on bail.
Taking to X, he stated that he was not aware of the agenda of the meeting of the MLAs and other INDIA bloc leaders, after the Chief Minister was released from jail.
'Was asked to resign during meeting'
He went on to add that even as the Chief Minister has the right to call a meeting of the MLAs, he was not even told the agenda of the meeting. “During the meeting, I was asked to resign. I was surprised, but I had no greed for power, so I immediately resigned, but it was a blow to my self-respect."
Champi Soren felt he had no existence in party
He also stated said that he felt as if he had "no existence in the party" for which he had dedicated his entire life. He also added that several other "insulting events" also took place which he didn't want to mention.
“For the first time in my spotless political journey of the last four decades, I was broken from within. I could not understand what to do. For two days, I sat quietly and introspected, kept searching for my mistake in the whole incident. I did not have the greed for power even a bit, but to whom could I show this blow to my self-respect? Where could I express the pain inflicted by my own people,” he said.
'Was forced to take alternate path'
"After so much insult and contempt, I was forced to look for an alternative path," he said in the post.
Champai Soren also expressed his pain over the way he was treated by his own party and said that “he was devastated as his self-respect was harmed” when he was asked to resign from his post.
In a post on X, he claimed that he was surprised to find that the party leadership cancelled events that he was supposed to attend after Hul Diwas, a festival held in Jharkhand to celebrate the martyr Sido Kanhu, who led the Santhal rebellion.
"I was so emotional due to the insulting behaviour I was facing for the last three days that I was trying to control my tears, but they were only interested in the chair. I felt as if I had no existence in that party, no existence at all, for which I had dedicated my entire life. In the meantime, many such insulting incidents happened, which I do not want to mention right now. After so much insult and contempt, I was forced to look for an alternative path," he said.
